[ar: The Carter Family]
[ti: Sweet Fern]
[al: The Carter Family, Vol. 1]
[id: hiqwcnso]
[length: 03:23]
[00:07.76]Springtime is coming, sweet lonesome bird
[00:12.04]Your echo in the woodland I hear
[00:15.44]Down in the meadow so lonesome you're singing
[00:19.57]While the moonlight is shining so clear
[00:22.71]
[00:23.09]But I know he's away in a far distant land
[00:27.17]A land that is over the sea
[00:30.51]Go fly to him singing your sweet little song
[00:34.65]And tell him to come back to me
[00:37.85]
[00:38.18]Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern)
[00:42.18]Oh, tell me, is my darling still true
[00:45.89]Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern)
[00:49.69]I'll be just as happy as you
[00:53.01]
[00:53.44]Well, a-lee-oh-lay-ee
[00:57.22]Well, a-lee-ho-lee-oh-lay-ee
[01:01.47]Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh
[01:05.42]Lee-oh-lay-ee
[01:07.76]
[01:08.01]Oh, tell me, sweet Fern, is he thinking of me
[01:11.78]And the promise he made long ago
[01:15.18]He said he'd return from over the sea
[01:19.14]Oh, why do the earth roll so slow
[01:22.47]
[01:22.77]I know he's away in a far distant land
[01:26.63]A land that is over the sea
[01:29.98]Go fly to him singing your sweet little song
[01:33.90]And tell him to come back to me
[01:36.99]
[01:52.00]Well, a-lee-oh-lay-ee
[01:55.84]Well, a-lee-ho-lee-oh-lay-ee
[02:00.34]Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh
[02:03.43]Lee-oh-lay-ee
[02:05.96]
[02:06.27]Upon my finger he placed a small ring
[02:09.51]On the day he was leaving his home
[02:13.00]I promised I'd be his own dear little girl
[02:16.65]And love him wherever he'd roam
[02:20.24]
[02:20.49]But I know he's away in a far distant land
[02:24.31]A land that is over the sea
[02:27.47]Go fly to him singing your sweet little song
[02:31.36]And tell him to come back to me
[02:34.63]
[02:34.88]Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern)
[02:38.78]Oh, tell me, is my darling still true
[02:42.12]Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern)
[02:45.94]I'll be just as happy as you
[02:49.40]
[02:49.78]Well, a-lee-oh-lay-ee
[02:53.29]Well, a-lee-ho-lee-oh-lay-ee
[02:57.80]Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh
[03:00.89]Lee-oh-lay-ee