Lyrics
(German folk tune, Lyrics by Homer H. Harbour, publ. 1921)
“Come away,” sang the river to the leaves on a tree,
“Let me take you a journey if the world you would see.”
So the leaves, gently falling from the tree on the shore
Flowed away on the river to come home nevermore.
See also
- songs about fall / autumn
- songs about nature
- songs in 3
- songs with chords I & V
- source: 140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment: “rote Songs” for Grades I, II and III, 1921
- Song with chords (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
