Alone and Forsaken

[Verse 1] We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold The pastures were green and the meadows were gold Our love was in flower as summer grew on Her love like the leaves now has withered and gone The roses have faded, there's frost at my door The birds in the morning don't sing any more The grass in the valley is starting to die And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry [Chorus] Alonе and forsaken by fate and by man Oh Lord, if you hear mе, please hold to my hand Alone and forsaken by fate and by man Oh Lord, if you hear me, please hold to my hand [Verse 2] Oh where has she gone to, oh where can she be She may have forsaken some other like me She promised to honour, to love and obey Each vow was a plaything that she threw away The darkness is falling, the sky has turned grey A hound in the distance is starting to bay I wonder, I wonder what she's thinking of Forsaken, forgotten, without any love [Chorus] Alone and forsaken by fate and by man Oh Lord, if you hear me, please hold to my hand Oh please understand