Nina Simone - Willow Weep For Me

[ernestcastro]

Thank you very much.I just listened to Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra sing this. It's so interesting to hear the different versions.

[silentstorm]

One of the best and there are many - lotta soul

[nyle.]

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.

[danrose]

Written by Ann Ronell after being jilted by George Gershwin
Unique melody, lovely arrangement.