The First Whippoorwill Lyrics - Bill Monroe

Springtime is near, my darling 

You say, that you are going away 

My heart will be with you my darling 

And I'm counting now the days 

I know that soon I'll have to travel 

I know I'm over the hill 

I feel so all alone, my darling said, she'd be gone 

When I heard that first whippoorwill 

The flowers are blooming, little darling 

With the budding of the trees 

I hear the night birds a crying 

I know that they are warning me 

I know that soon I'll have to travel 

I know I'm over the hill 

I feel so all alone, my darling said, she'd be gone 

When I heard that first whippoorwill 

Our love was planted, little darling 

Just like the farmer plants his grain 

But there will never be a harvest 

On the hills the whippoorwill now sing 

I know that soon I'll have to travel 

I know I'm over the hill 

I feel so all alone, my darling said, she'd be gone 

When I heard that first whippoorwill