(Verse 1)
Under the willow she’s laid with care
(Sang a lone mother while weeping,)
Under the willow, with golden hair
My little one’s quietly sleeping

(Chorus)
Fair, fair, with golden hair
(Sang a lone mother while weeping,)
Fair, fair, with golden hair
Under the willow she’s sleeping

(Verse 2)
Under the willow no songs are heard
Near where my darling lies dreaming;
Nought but the voice of some far-off bird
Where life and its pleasures are beaming

(Chorus)
Fair, fair, with golden hair
(Sang a lone mother while weeping,)
Fair, fair, with golden hair
Under the willow she’s sleeping

(Verse 3)
Under the willow by night and day
Sorrowing ever I ponder;
Free from its shadowy, gloomy ray
Ah! never again can she wander
(Chorus)
Fair, fair, with golden hair
(Sang a lone mother while weeping,)
Fair, fair, with golden hair
Under the willow she’s sleeping

(Verse 4)
Under the willow I breathe a prayer
Longing to linger forever
Near to my angel with golden hair
In a land where there’s sorrowing never

(Chorus)
Fair, fair, with golden hair
(Sang a lone mother while weeping,)
Fair, fair, with golden hair
Under the willow she’s sleeping