Under the willow I breathe a prayer linger Longing to slumber forever with Near to my angel of ^ golden hair Where mothers are sorrowing never In lands where therese's sorrowing never Near to my angel of golden hair To slumber beside her forever Under the willow I breathe a prayer Longing to linger forever Near to my angel of golden hair sorrow on He'll come home with ^ grief upon his heart That none but he can know With pangs of thought (I know not what) of some impending woe. and fears of coming woe He'll To count the cost of days now lost can That time will ^ ne'er renew He'll come home he'll not forget me For his word is always true. [lines cross-hatched through]