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
- Subjects: fall (autumn) / nature
- Meter: 3
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmfst
- Source: 140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment: “rote Songs” for Grades I, II and III, 1921
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
