The grass in the valley has started to die
Take, hold my hand
Take, hold my hand
Each vow a plaything that she threw away
And out in the darkness the whippoorwill cry
The bird of the morning won't sing anymore
Take, hold my hand
Forsaken, forgotten without any love
She promised to honor to love and obey
Alone and forsaken
Oh, Lord, if You hear me
Take, hold my hand
Oh, Lord, if You hear me
Oh, Lord, if You hear me
Her love like the leaves have all withered and gone
By fate and by man
I wonder, I wonder what she's thinking of
Where has she gone to, where can she be
By fate and by man
Alone and forsaken
Alone and forsaken
By fate and by man
Alone and forsaken
Oh, Lord, if You hear me
She may have forsaken some other like me
By fate and by man
The darkness has fallen, the sky turns gray
Our love was in flower as the summer grew on
Roses have faded and there's frost at my door
The hound in the distance has started to bay
