Ralph Stanley - The Water Lily Chords

[Verse 1]
   G                           C          G
A lonely young wife, in her dreaming discerns,
  G                                   D
A lily-decked pool with a border of ferns
  G                             C       G
And a beautiful child, with butterfly wings,
       G                         D         G
Steps down to the edge of the lilies and sings,
 
[Chorus]
  G                C          G
Come mama, come, quick follow me.
  G                             D     G
Step out on the leaves of the water lilies
 
[Verse 2]
 G                                   C        G
And the lonely young wife, her heart beating wild,
 G                                          D
Cries wait til I come, til I reach you my child
  G                             C        G
But the beautiful child, with butterfly wings
    G                            D         G
Steps out on the leaves of the lilies and sings
 
[Chorus]
G                  C         G
Come mama, come quick follow me.
G                              D     G
Step out on the leaves of the water lilies
 
[Verse 3]
    G                              C           G
And the wife in her dreaming steps out on the stream.
    G                                              D
But the lily leaves sink, and she wakes from her dream.
   G                            D            G
Ah, the waking is sad for the tears that it brings,
   G                                 D          G
For she knows it's her dead babys spirit that sings.
 
 
[Chorus]
G                 C          G
Come mama, come quick follow me.
G                              D     G
Step out on the leaves of the water lilies