Versos English Thomas John Dibdin Beneath the Willow Tree

English poem

Beneath the Willow Tree

by (1771–1841)

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I once had gold and silver, I thought ’em without end; I once had gold and silver, and I thought I had a friend: My wealth is lost, my friend is false, my love he stole from me; And here I lie in misery, beneath the Willow tree. 3Willow, &c.