Bury Me Beneath The Willow by Brandley Kincaid "This was a song we've known all our lives. We used to sing it when we had get-togethers and parties. It was the first song we recorded in 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee, for RCA Victor." — Mother Maybelle Carter of the original Carter Family Bury Me Beneath The Willow Bury me beneath the willow 'Neath the weeping willow tree When he hears his love sleeping Maybe then he'll think of me. My heart is sad and I am lonely Thinking of the one I love Will I see him never, never Till we meet in heaven above. He told me that he dearly loved me How could I believe him untrue Then one day some neighbours told me "He has proven untrue to you." Place on my grave a snow-white lily To prove that I was true to him And tell him that I died to save him When his love I could not win. Then bury me beneath the willow 'Neath the weeping willow tree And tell some brown-eyed boy I'm sleeping Then perhaps he'll weep for me.