IntroBb/FBbVerseBbBbBbBbBbFBbBb
Spring time is here my darling, They say that you are going away
BbBbBbBbBbFBbBb
My heart will be with you my darling, And I'm countin' down the days
ChorusEb/BbEbBbBbBbBbFF
I know that you have to travel, I know I'm over the due
EbEbBbBb
I feel so all alone my darling said you'd be gone
BbFBbBb
When I heard that first whippoorwill
VerseBbBbBbFBb
The flowers are bloomin' little darling, With a button of degree
BbBbBbFBb
I hear them night birds a crying, I know that they are warning me
ChorusEbEbBbBbBbBbFF
I know that you have to travel, I know I'm over the due
EbEbBbBb
I feel so all alone my darling said she'd be gone
BbFBbBb
When I heard that first whippoorwill
VerseBbBbBbBbBbFBbBb
Our love was planted little darling, Just like a farmer plants the grain
BbBbBbBbBbFBbBb
But there will never be a harvest, On the hill the whippoorwill now sings
ChorusEbEbBbBbBbFF
I know that you now have to travel, I know I'm over the due
EbEbBbBb
I feel so all alone my darling said she'd be gone
BbFBbBb
When I heard that first whippoorwill
OutroBb
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.