5   5    5    -5  5   -5     6     7    6
Under the willow she's laid with care,
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(Sang a lone mother while weeping,)
 5   5    5    -5  5    -5    6  7    6
Under the willow with golden hair,
  -5   5-4   4     -45-4    -4 4
(My little one's quietly sleeping,)

(Chorus)
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Fair, fair, and golden hair,

    5   5  5      5  -4    4       5   -4
Sang a lone mother while weeping,)
  7     -7   -6    6  7    6
Fair, fair and golden hair,
 6   -5   5    -5 6    -7     -5 5
Under the willow she's sleeping

Verse 2:
Under the willow no songs are heard,
Near where my darling lies dreaming
Nought but the voice of some far off bird
Where life and its pleasures are beaming.

Verse 3
Under the willow by night and day,
Sorrowing ever I ponder;
Free from its shadowy, gloomy ray,
Ah! never again can she wander.

Verse 4
Under the willow I breathe a prayer,
Longing to linger forever
Near to my angel with golden hair,
In lands where there's sorrowing never.