Sweet fern
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1. Springtime is coming, sweet lonesome bird,
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your echo in the woodland I
hear.
Down in the meadow so
lonesome your singing,
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while the
moonlight is shining so clear.
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But I know he's away in a far
distant land,
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a land that
is over the sea.
Go fly to him singing your
sweet little song.
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and tell him to come back to
me.
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Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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oh tell me, is my darling still true.
Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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I'll be just as happy as you.
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2. Oh, tell me sweet fern, is he thinking of me,
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and the promise he made long ago.
He said he'd return from over
the sea,
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oh why do the years roll so slow.
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I know he's away in a far
distant land,
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a land that
is over the sea.
Go fly to him singing your
sweet little song.
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and tell him to come back to
me.
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Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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oh tell me, is my darling still true.
Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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I'll be just as happy as you.
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3. Upon my finger he placed a small ring
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on the day he was leaving his home .
I promised I'd be his own little girl,
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and love him wherever he'd
roam.
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I know he's away in a far
distant land,
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a land that
is over the sea.
Go fly to him singing your
sweet little song.
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and tell him to come back to
me.
+ CHORUS
(capo 3 rd)
(video = capo 1st in G) (The Carter Family)