The Weeping Willow

Why do you weep, oh weeping willow?

Why do I weep? I, the weeping willow?

I weep for the son of mankind

Who was killed on my kind.

Why do you sing, oh stone of the earth?

Why do I sing? I, the stone of the earth?

I sing for the son of the LORD

Who could not be stopped, though his blood was poured.

Why do you laugh, oh flower of the field?

Why do I laugh? I, the flower of the field?

I laugh for the Savior, who came to save.

He defeated death, and cheated the grave.

Then why do you weep, oh weeping willow?

Why do I weep? I, the weeping willow?

I weep because the son of mankind

Has left you behind.

Then why do you sing, oh stone of the earth?

Why do I sing? I, the stone of the earth?

I sing for the son of the LORD

Who gave you his Word.

Then why do you laugh, oh flower of the field?

Why do I laugh? I, the flower of the field?

I laugh for the Savior, who cheated the grave,

Who came as a child, and came to save.

Then why do you weep, oh weeping willow?

Why do I weep? I, the weeping willow?

I weep for those of mankind

Who refuse the son of mankind;

Those given his word,

The word of the LORD,

And still refuse

To hear the good news;

For those damned to hell,

With Satan as well-

The one to whom their souls they did sell

And so will be sent to the fires of hell.