Josie,
I won't fail ya,
I won't fail you,
have no fear
Josie, I won't fail ya, give me one more chance,
the day is near
The meadows they are bursting,
the yellow corn lies in your hand
And with the night comes sorrow,
as the tide of dawn slips on the land
The long breezes are blowing,
out down the sky,
into my face
I've a weary kind of feeling,
like my time has come and gone to waste
I love you, darling Josie,
the trees of pine,
they grow so tall
How come you came to love me,
when you didn't love
me at all?
Josie, I won't fail ya,
I won't fail you,
have no fear
Josie, I won't fail ya, give me one more chance,
the day is near
My Josie looks a child now,
as she lies on my breast
In the night I think about her,
in the day I get no rest
I cut me a young pine cone,
and I gave it to the river deep
It's there way by your window,
where you lay so long in sleep
God bless you,
darling Josie,
with your sparkling eyes,
so bright and clear
Josie, I won't fail ya,
I won't fail you,
have no fear
Josie, I won't fail ya, I won't fail you,
have no fear
Josie, I won't fail ya, give me one more chance,
the day is near