The Carter Family- Bury me under the Weeping Willow Tree.

The Original Carter Family with their song Bury me under the Weeping Willow Tree. This is the first song they recorded on August 1, 1927 in Bristol.
LYRICS:
My heart is sad and I'm in sorrow
For the only one I love
When shall I see him, oh, no, never
Till I meet him in heaven above

Oh, bury me under the weeping willow
Yes, under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me

They told me that he did not love me
I could not believe it was true
Until an angel softly whispered
He has proven untrue to you

Oh, bury me under the weeping willow
Yes, under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me

Tomorrow was our wedding day
But, Lord, oh, where is he
He's gone to seek him another bride
And he cares no more for me

Oh, bury me under the weeping willow
Yes, under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me

Oh, bury me under the violets blue
To prove my love to him
Tell him that I would die to save him
For his love I never could win

Oh, bury me under the weeping willow
Yes, under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
And perhaps he will weep for me

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[GLG47]

:46 looks like AP playing Maybelle's L5. Did he play? Was he able to play with his shakey hand?

This is a wonderful post depicting the birth of true American music.

Thanks a million, baasting!

[baasting]

Hi there! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Yes, A.P. played guitar. He learned it from Lesley Riddle. So on that picture, he is holding Maybelle's L5!

[Remus820]

As one can read in the booklet to "In The Shadow of Clinch Mountain" CD-Box, this is the only carter family recording where Maybelle sings the lead, and NOT sarah. Compare it to the second recording "Little Log Cabin By The Sea" where sarah sings the lead and you will hear the difference in the lead voice.

[baasting]

Well, I've read several other places that they were all singing, and I choose to believe that!

[moproducer]

It was certainly common for AP, who would wander in and out, stop singing, start again, and during live performances, walk off stage and out the door for a breather!

Yes, it was somewhat amateurish and unpolished, but these people had no formal training...what you hear is what was handed down to them across generations. Authentic music with roots reaching down hundreds of years.

[ServusGrueziHallo]

That is very common in the old days. The people singing harmony would sometimes come in late on the song. People singing harmony waited for the people singing the melody to start the song off first, then they joined in.

[rogerroswell6]

There aren't very many people left in Hiltons who were alive when AP Carter was alive. I have talked to a few of the people who remember him. If you really listen to the songs throughout their career it is not difficult to identify their voices. AP usually pitched a song so it was comfortable for Sara to sing..even in the last days of their career. For a singer you will understand what a gift that was. This is pitched for Maybelle and she is singing lead with Sara and Doc in harmony.

[APRIL141958model]

I love this kind of music! I've very recently bought my first Carter Family CD and I've been playing it every day since!

[hoss73ford1]

bet ya Rascal Flatts or Taylor Swift never heard of this trio

[chipgowest]

YES!!! this is so great. i love the carter family so glad i found them

[wmoday]

@Remus820 Confusing. The book says that Maybelle's voice figures prominently, but it is Sara singing lead If there is any question, check the song Single Girl, Married Girl, recorded the next day (solo). Also, the song The Storms are on the Ocean. Sara's voice was higher at that time. Like all of the recording, her voice could cut through the static. Peer knew he had struck gold the moment he heard Sara's voice. Maybelle is singing stronger than usual on this one, singing harmony.

[tophatbill]

i have heard Ap would go and play songs with mountain people for ours and learn new songs and write them down- if you look up the words to will the circle be unbroken you will probably find AP's name on he wrote the words everyone knows...he was a musical master- if he had had a formal training no one would have been able to stop him( not that they did)

[younyoun93]

pure!!!!

[shaneh1983]

great song

[malakaijub]

80+ years later and the carters still puttin young fools to shame

[curt8789]

@freba91 His name was Ezra and he was involved in the earliear years.