The Cottonwood Tree



By: The Sorrow Estate



Verse 1:



One day a boy was 'venturing



Heading down to the shallow creek



He saw a girl- pretty as can be



Sitting there 'neath the cottonwood tree



The cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree



Sitting there 'neath the cottonwood tree



Sitting there 'neath the cottonwood tree



Verse 2:



She saw him watchin' across the stream



Said hi, my name is Kimberly



Her hair was golden and her eyes were green



The same bright green as the cottonwood tree



The cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree



Her eyes were green as the cottonwood tree



Her eyes were green as the cottonwood tree



(Spoken:)



(hello miss) (why hello there)



(What's that you're reading?) (Oh this? This is my favorite story)



(is that so? .... Mind if I join you?) (that would be just fine)



Verse 3:



Well they started twice a week



Walking down to that spot to meet



Sittin, and a talkin', and a sippin' tea



A sippin' and a laughin' neath the cottonwood tree



The cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree



A sippin' and a laughin' neath the cottonwood tree



A sippin' and a laughin' neath the cottonwood tree



Verse 4:



Oh several years later, one fair morning



He brought her there and he took a knee



Asked dear Kim his wife to be



He tackled him and kissed him neath thecottonwood tree



The cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree



Cryin' and a kissin' neath the cottonwood tree



Cryin' and a kissin' neath the cottonwood tree



Verse 5:



They went together every Sunday eve



Singin hymns and whistling



Their hair turned white, but her eyes stayed green



Their love it bloomed like their cottonwood tree



The cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree



Their love it bloomed like their cottonwood tree



Their love it bloomed like their cottonwood tree



Verse 6:



The day she died he felt so had he



Layin' on the roots she was six feet deep



Cried and he hollered til he fell asleep



All curled up neath their cottonwood tree



The cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree



Curled up, shiverin' neath their cottonwood tree



Curled up, shiverin' neath their cottonwood tree



Verse 7:



He went to heaven not long after she



Laid next to her in the place they'd meet



If you trod by the river near that place you'll see



Two headstones neath the cottonwood tree



Two headstones neath that cottonwood tree



The cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree



Two headstones neath the cottonwood tree



A love so sweet neath the cottonwood tree