Nina Simone – Willow Weep For Me

(1932) Ann Ronell

Willow weep for me, willow weep for me,

Bend your branches green along the stream that runs to sea,

Listen to my plea, listen willow weep for me,

Gone my lover’s dream, lovely summer dream,

Gone and left me here to weep my tears into the stream,

Sad as I can be – Hear me willow and weep for me.

Whisper to the wind to say that love has sinned

To leave my heart aching and making this moan,

Murmur to the night to hide her starry light,

So none will find me sighing and crying all alone,

Weeping willow tree, weep in sympathy,

Bend your branches down along the ground and cover me,

When the shadows fall, bend oh willow and weep for me.

To leave my heart aching and making this moan,

So none will find me sighing and crying all alone,

Weeping willow tree, weep in sympathy,

Bend your branches down along the ground and cover me,

When the shadows fall, bend oh willow,

Bend oh willow and weep for me.