The Water Lily

A lonely young wife in her dreaming discerns
A lily-decked pool with a border of ferns
And a beautiful child with butterfly wins
Trips down to the edge of the water and sings

Come momma come
Quick follow me
Step out on the leaves of the water lily

And the lonely young wife her heart beating wild
Cries wait til’ I come til’ I reach you my child
But the beautiful child with butterfly wings
Steps out on the leaves of the lily and sings

Come momma come
Quick follow me
Step out on the leaves of the water lily

And the wife in her dreaming steps out on the stream
But the lily leaves sink and she wakes from her dream
Oh the waking is sad for the tears that it brings
For she knows it’s her dead baby’s sprit that sings

Come momma come
Quick follow me
Step out on the leaves of the water lily

Come momma come
Quick follow me
Step out on the leaves of the water lily