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