Sweet Fern

Sweet Fern
The Carter Family
Springtime is coming, sweet lonesome bird
Your echo in the woodland I hear
Down in the meadow, so lonesome you’re singing
While the moonlight is shining so clear
But I know she’s away in a far distant land
A land that is over the sea
Go fly to her singing your sweet little song
And tell her to come back to me
Sweet Fern, sweet Fern
Oh, tell me, is my darling still true
Sweet Fern, sweet Fern
I’ll be just as happy as you
Oh, tell me, Sweet Fern, is she thinking of me
And the promise she made long ago
She said she’d return from over the sea
Oh why do the years go so slow
But I know she’s away in a far distant land
A land that is over the sea
Go fly to her singing your sweet little song
And tell her to come back to me
Sweet Fern, sweet Fern
Oh, tell me, is my darling still true
Sweet Fern, sweet Fern
I’ll be just as happy as you
SoloUpon her finger I placed a small ring
On the day she was leaving her home
She promised she’d be my own dear little girl
And love me wherever she roamed
But I know she’s away in a far distant land
A land that is over the sea
Go fly to her singing your sweet little song
And tell her to come back to me
Sweet Fern, sweet Fern
Oh, tell me, is my darling still true
Sweet Fern, sweet Fern
I’ll be just as happy as you