Josie

Josie, I won't fail you

I won't fail you, have no fear

Josie, I won't fail you

Gimme one more chance, the day is near

The meadows, they are bursting

The yellow corn lies in your hand

And with the night comes sorrow

As the tide of dawn slips on the land

The long breezes are blowin'

All down the sky, into my face

I have a weary kind of feeling

Like my time has come and gone to waste

I love you darlin' Josie

The trees of pine, they grow so tall

How come you came to love me

When you didn't love me at all?

Josie, I won't fail you

I won't fail you, have no fear

Josie, I won't fail you

Gimme one more chance, the day is near

My Josie looks a child now

As she lies here on my breast

In the night, I think about her

In the day, I get no rest

I cut me a young pine cone

And I gave it to the river deep

It sailed way by your window

Where you lay so long in sleep

God bless you darlin' Josie

With your sparkin' eyes so bright and clear

Josie, I won't fail you

I won't fail you, have no fear

Josie, I won't fail you

I won't fail you, have no fear

Josie, I won't fail you

Gimme one more chance, the day is near