The Sorrow Estate - The Cottonwood Tree lyrics

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