When the springtime comes again (video)

intro = verse 1 as instrumental

C F

1. Once more, Little Annie, I must leave you,

C G

we shall part at the end of the lane,

C F

but promise me, Little Annie,

C G C

you will wait for me till springtime comes again.

C F

2. When the sun shines down on the mountain,

C G

and the wild sheep are wandering all alone,

C F

when the birds and the bees are a humming

C G C

makes me think that springtime won’t be very long.

G C

When springtime comes on the mountain,

C G

and the wild flowers are scattered o'er the plain,

C F

I shall watch for the bees to return to their trees,

G C

and I'll be waiting when the springtime comes again.

F C G C

Oh-la-lay-ee, ah-le-oh-lay-hee, ah-le-oh-hee-hee, oh-lay.

+ instrumental = verse 2

C F

3. Now springtime is here, Little Annie,

C G

I am on my way back to the lane,

C F

for you promised me, Little Annie,

C G C

you'd be waiting when springtime comes again. + CHORUS

(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Carter Family)