The Birds Were Singing Of You

(album: The Carter Family Volume 1 - 1927-1934 - 2002)

Last night the pale moon was shining
Last night when all was still
I was wandering alone in sadness
Out among the woodland hills

I heard the birds a-singing
Out among the trees and hills
And all the birds, my darling
Were singing, were singing of you

Were singing, singing of you (my love)
Were singing, were singing of you
And all the birds, my darling
Were singing, were singing of you

I think of you in the daytime
I dream of you by night
I wake and wish you was here, love
And tears are blinding my sight

The flowers that slumber so sweetly
The stars are above the blue
Oh, heaven itself, my darling
Is thinking, is thinking of you

Is thinking, thinking of you (my love)
Is thinking, thinking of you
Oh, heaven itself, my darling
Is thinking, is thinking of you

I opened my windows so gently
Looked out on the dreaming dew
And all the world, my darling
Was sighing, was sighing for you

Was sighing, sighing for you (my love)
Was sighing, sighing for you
And all the world, my darling
Was sighing, was sighing for you