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Come Where The Willows Are Weeping

from The Good Earth by Stuart Forester

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Lyrics: trad.

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Come where the willows are weeping so green on the banks of the Don
Come where the moonbeams are sleeping, in beauty its bosom upon
For that is the spot for the lover to seek with the girl of his heart
Ere youth’s fairy daydreams are over and butterfly pleasures depart
Let those who have ceased plucking roses proclaim it a dangerous play
But what were the worth of the posies if each little thorn were away
‘Tis pain gives its value to pleasure, the absent are ever the dear
And even love’s smile is a treasure, most valued when seen through a tear
The sunset of summer’s delicious and precious the moon’s silver light
But sweeter the hour and more precious when two kindred spirits unite
And sweet is the tender confession of love though it be but a breath
But sweetest of all the possession of hearts only parted by death
Let those who have ceased plucking roses proclaim it a dangerous play
But what were the worth of the posies if each little thorn were away
‘Tis pain gives its value to pleasure, the absent are ever the dear
And even love’s smile is a treasure, most valued when seen through a tear
Then come where the willows are weeping so green on the banks of the Don
Come where the moonbeams are sleeping, in beauty its bosom upon
For that is the spot for the lover to seek with the girl of his heart
Ere youth’s fairy daydreams are over and butterfly pleasures depart

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from The Good Earth, released July 6, 2017
Stuart Forester - Vocals, guitar, fugue organ
Carol Anderson - Fiddle

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Stuart Forester Scotland, UK

Stuart Forester is an English acoustic roots songwriter in the folk tradition who has quite some stories to tell. Born in Cumbria but raised from a a few months old until the age of three in trailer homes in Canada he grew up in Hull, East Yorkshire and then spent many years in London. He now lives in rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland where his latest album The Good Earth was recorded. ... more

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