Josie Lyrics - Donovan Leitch

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 to be as near 

The meadows, they are bursting 

The yellow corn lies in your hands 

And with the night comes sorrow 

As the tide of dawn slips on the land 

The long breezes are blowing 

All down the sky into my face 

I've a worried kind of feelin' 

That 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 to be as near 

My Josie looks a child now 

As she lies beyond my breast 

In the night I think about her 

In the day I get no rest 

I cut me a young pine cone 

And gave it to the river deep 

It sailed 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 to be as near