Snow White Dove They were very very happy, their marriage was a gem But death was soon to take his pretty wife away from him With her dying breath she whispered we'll have everlasting love And I'll come back to be with you as a little snow white dove Time went by and nothing happened the dove did not appear The young man fell in love again and married in a year But the day he brought his new bride home the neighbors were To see a snow white dove came fluttering down upon the snowball tree There she sobbed and moaned heartbroken in a almost human way No matter what the weather she would perch there every day When the neighbors and the servants, yes the story they had learned That in the `guise of this white dove the young wife had returned The new bride heard the story and her nerves began to fail The young man tried to help her but it was to no avail To save his second marriage he knew something must be done So at dawn the next morning he went out with a gun He raised the gun and fired through the leaves so deep and green The snow white breast turned scarlet and he heard a woman scream The dove flew high into the air and disappeared from sight But as he lay in slumber the young man died that night Neath the snow ball tree they buried him to live in last repose The young wife and the servants left, for where nobody knows Now the big house stands there empty and the garden lies in ruins But above the young mans grave each year the snow ball tree still blooms They say that no one comes to see that lonely unkept green But every year at a certain time a visitor is seen And if you spoke to the neighbors then they'll tell you what they see A snow white dove with a scarlet breast perched on the snow ball tree There sobs and moans heartbroken in an almost human way No matter what the weather she will perch there every day And seems forlorn and lonely for a love that couldn't last And you hear her cry in anguish for a sad and tragic past Yes the story of the snow white dove has been told to you at last This was passed down to me from my uncle. I'm not sure if the title is right. NF NF Apr98
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