Snow White Dove E B7 They were very very happy, their marriage was a gem A E but death was soon to take his pretty wife away from him B7 with her dying breath she whispered we have everlasting love and A E i'll come back to be with you as a little snow white dove time went by and nothing happened a dove did not appear the young man fell in love again and married in a year but the day he brought his new bride home the neighbours were to see a snow white dove come fluttering down upon the snowball tree there she sobbed and moaned heartbroken in an almost human way no matter what the weather she would perch there everyday when the neighbours and the servants now the story they had learned that in the disguise of this white dove the young wife had returned the new bride heared the story and her nerves began to fail the young man tried to help her but it was to no avail to save his second marriage he knew something must be done so at dawning the next morning he went out with his gun he raised his gun and fired through the leaves so deep and green the snow white breast turned scarlet and he heared a woman scream the dove flew high into the air and disappeared from sight but as he lay there in slumber the young man died that night neath the snowball tree they buried him to lie in last repose the young wife and the servants left for where nobody knows now the big house stands there empty and the garded lies in ruins but above the young mans grave each year the snowball tree still blooms they say that no one comes to see that lonely young Hef Green but every year at a certain time a visitor is seen and if you spoke to the neighbours they'll tell you what they see a snow white dove with a scarlet breast perched on the snowball tree there she sobs and moans heart broken in an almost human way no matter what the weather she will perch there every day and she seems forlorn and lonely for a love that couldn't last and you'll hear her cry an anquish for a sad and tragic past yes the story of the snow white dove has been told to you at last Snow White Dove E B7 They were very very happy, their marriage was a gem A E but death was soon to take his pretty wife away from him B7 with her dying breath she whispered we have everlasting love and A E i'll come back to be with you as a little snow white dove
time went by and nothing happened a dove did not appear the young man fell in love again and married in a year but the day he brought his new bride home the neighbours were to see a snow white dove come fluttering down upon the snowball tree there she sobbed and moaned heartbroken in an almost human way no matter what the weather she would perch there everyday when the neighbours and the servants now the story they had learned that in the disguise of this white dove the young wife had returned the new bride heared the story and her nerves began to fail the young man tried to help her but it was to no avail to save his second marriage he knew something must be done so at dawning the next morning he went out with his gun he raised his gun and fired through the leaves so deep and green the snow white breast turned scarlet and he heared a woman scream the dove flew high into the air and disappeared from sight but as he lay there in slumber the young man died that night neath the snowball tree they buried him to lie in last repose the young wife and the servants left for where nobody knows now the big house stands there empty and the garded lies in ruins but above the young mans grave each year the snowball tree still blooms they say that no one comes to see that lonely young Hef Green but every year at a certain time a visitor is seen and if you spoke to the neighbours they'll tell you what they see a snow white dove with a scarlet breast perched on the snowball tree there she sobs and moans heart broken in an almost human way no matter what the weather she will perch there every day and she seems forlorn and lonely for a love that couldn't last and you'll hear her cry an anquish for a sad and tragic past yes the story of the snow white dove has been told to you at last