Bill Monroe The First Whippoorwill Lyrics

The First Whippoorwill Lyrics

Springtime is near, my darling

You say, that you are going away

My heart will be with you my darling

And I'm counting now the days



I know that soon I'll have to travel

I know I'm over the hill

I feel so all alone, my darling said, she'd be gone

When I heard that first whippoorwill



The flowers are blooming, little darling

With the budding of the trees

I hear the night birds a crying

I know that they are warning me



I know that soon I'll have to travel

I know I'm over the hill

I feel so all alone, my darling said, she'd be gone

When I heard that first whippoorwill



Our love was planted, little darling

Just like the farmer plants his grain

But there will never be a harvest

On the hills the whippoorwill now sing



I know that soon I'll have to travel

I know I'm over the hill

I feel so all alone, my darling said, she'd be gone

When I heard that first whippoorwill