Why must we wait

There's a bright shady nook just over the hil
Where I met with my lover each day
Where the soft breeze were blowin' and the woodlands were still
There words she sweetly would say


    Why must we linger and wait many years
    Why must we wait to be wed
    Why can't the old folks think as we do
    My darlin' I'd rather be dead


Now I am old my life has grown drear
With no one to care for or love
And now as I gaze on the grass covered mound
These words drift down from above


    * Refrain


Now she is sleeping beneath the cold clay
In the same shady nook over the hill
And now as I gaze on the grass covered mound
These words drift down from above


    * Refrain


Now she is sleeping beneath the cold clay
In the same shady nook over the hill
And now as I gaze on the grass covered mound
These soft words are lingering still


    * Refrain