We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold
The pastures were green and the meadows were gold
Our love was in flower as summer grew on
Her love like some news has withered and gone
The roses have faded there's frost at my door
The birds in the morning don't sing anymore
The grass in the valley is starting to die
And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry.
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh Lord if you hear me please hold my hand
Please understand
Oh where has she gone to oh where can she be?
She may have forsaken some other like me
She promised to honour to love and obey
Each vow was a play thing that she threw away
The darkness is falling the sky has turned grey
A hound in the distance is starting to bay
I wonder I wonder what she's thinking of
Forsaken forgotten without any love
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh Lord if you hear me please hold my hand
Please understand
Oh please understand