So Sad the Fate

So sad the fate of lovers be Especially the two Who lived by the sea He was a poor sailor And she was his lass They loved one another But not long did it last Her father had sworn her And not did she know That soon to be wed When melted the snow The two lovers embraced in one last kiss To even be there Was such a great risk And there they promised to be unto thee And that one future day They’d marry under that tree Her father did tell her the fate that she had She couldn’t speak She couldn’t be sad Instead she took the rope from around And went to the tree And fell with no sound And there her lover did see Her slow moving body Hung from the tree He mourned and cried out to all that he knew He prayed that the Lord Would take him too So he pulled out his knife and plunged it in deep Hoping the good Lord Would his soul to keep Her parents did find them under the tree And wailed and lamented And showed all their grief There they buried the two together So after life They’d lie there forever Finally in death they do remain Forever in love They’ll always feel the same And when you pass the great tree by If you listen You’ll hear their spirits cry “We died for love and do not regret For together we remain An eternity we’ll spend”