“Bury Me Beneath the Willow”

Description

The singer has been abandoned by (her) lover. Tomorrow was to be their wedding day, but now he is off with another girl. The singer asks her friends to "bury me beneath the willow... And when he knows that I am sleeping, maybe then he'll think of me."

Same tune

• Carter Family, "Answer to Weeping Willow" (Decca 5234, 1936)
• Karl & Harty, "We Buried Her Beneath the Willow" (Melotone 6-04-61, 1936) [I am guessing here, not having heard the record - but I'll betcha - PJS]

Recordings

• Burnett & Rutherford, "Weeping Willow Tree" (Columbia 15113-D, 1927; rec. 1926; on BurnRuth01)
• Carter Family, "Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow" (Victor 21074, 1927; Bluebird B-6053, 1935)
• Jim Cole & his Tennessee Mountaineers, "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (Crown 3122, 1931)
• Delmore Brothers, "Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow" (Bluebird B-7741, 1938)
• Red Foley & the Andrews Sisters (!), "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (Decca 29222, 1947)
• Kelly Harrell, "Beneath the Weeping Willow Tree" (Victor 20535, 1925; on KHarrell01)
• Asa Martin, "Bury Me 'neath the Weeping Willow" (Banner 32426/Melotone M-12497 [both as Martin & Roberts]/Royal [Canada] 91402, 1932)
• Lester McFarland & Robert Gardner, "Weeping Willow Tree" (Brunswick 199, 1928; rec. 1927)
• Monroe Brothers, "Weeping Willow Tree" (Bluebird B-7093, 1937)
• Holland Puckett, "Weeping Willow Tree" (Champion 15334/Supertone 9243, 1928)
• Riley Puckett, "Bury Me 'Neath the Willow Tree" (Bluebird B-6348, 1936)
• Red Fox Chasers, "Weeping Willow Tree" (Supertone 9322, 1929)
• Lookout Mountain Revelers, "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (Paramount 3143, 1928)
• Almeda Riddle, "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (on LomaxCD1707)
• Shelton & Fox, "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (Decca 5184, 1936)
• Ernest V. Stoneman, "Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow" (CYL: Edison [BA] 5187, 1927) (Edison 51909, 1927)
• Ernest Thompson, "Weeping Willow Tree" (Columbia 15001-D, 1924)
• Henry Whitter, "The Weeping Willow Tree" (OKeh 40187, 1924; rec. 1923); "Go Bury Me beneath the Willow" (OKeh 45046, 1926)

References

1. Belden, pp. 482-483, "Under the Willow Tree" (2 texts)
2. Randolph 747, "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (3 short texts, 3 tunes)
3. Randolph/Cohen, pp. 505-506, "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 747B)
4. BrownIII 267, "The Weeping Willow" (3 texts plus 4 excerpts and mention of 4 more)
5. Fuson, p. 126, "The Weeping Willow" (1 text)
6. Cambiaire, p. 85, "O Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow" (1 text)
7. Sandburg, pp. 314-315, "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (1 text, 1 tune)
8. Abrahams/Foss, p. 58, "(Bury Me Beneath the Willow)" (1 text)
9. Silber-FSWB, p. 178, "Bury Me Beneath The Willow" (1 text)
10. DT, BURYWLLW*
11. Roud #410
12. BI, R747