Cold blows the wind to my true love And gently drops the rain  I've never had but one true love   And in green-wood he lies slain I'll do as much for my true love As any young girl may   I'll sit and mourn all on his grave  For a- twelve month and a day And when twelve months and a day was passed The ghost did rise and speak "Why sittest thou all on my grave  And will not let me sleep? " "Go fetch me water from the desert And blood from out of a stone Go fetch me milk from a fair maid's breast That a young man never has known. " "How oft on yonder grave sweetheart Where we were wont to walk  The fairest flower that e'er I saw  Has withered to a stalk." "The stalk is withered and dead sweetheart The flower will never return. And since I've lost my own true love   What can I do but yearn." "When will we meet again sweetheart. When will we meet again? " "When the autumn leaves that fall from the trees  Are green and spring up again."

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À propos de la chanson

La chanson évoque l'histoire d'une jeune femme profondément affectée par la perte de son véritable amour, qui repose dans une tombe. Elle s'engage à le pleurer pendant un an et un jour, montrant ainsi la force de son chagrin et de sa fidélité. Lorsque ce délai est écoulé, l'esprit de son bien-aimé se manifeste pour lui demander pourquoi elle reste désespérément à son chevet, perturbant son repos. L'interaction entre les deux met en lumière un amour profond, mais aussi la douleur de la séparation. L'âme demande à la jeune femme d'accomplir des tâches impossibles, symbolisant la distance entre le monde des vivants et celui des morts. La chanson illustre ainsi le thème de l'amour éternel, malgré la mort, et le cycle inexorable de la vie et de la nature.