Lyrics Lay Me Down - Fortunate Ones

Brother won't you lay me down
Brother, oh brother, is there any news today
My lover he is gone on a ship so far away
He took with him my heart when he left here on that day
Oh brother, is there any news today
Sister, oh sister, you know this to be true
Any word I heard I would surely pass to you
To ease your worried mind there ain't nothing I won't do
Oh sister, don't you know this to be true
Lay me down by the river to the sea
Lay me down by the river to the sea
Lay me down by the river to the sea
Brother, won't you lay me down
Mother, oh mother, is there any news today
I begged, I cried, I pleaded, but I could not make him stay
The memory of his touch still haunts me when in bed I lay
Oh mother, is there any news today

Daughter, oh daughter, I need you to be strong
The crimson skies say he is safe they never will be wrong
Soon this war will end and he'll be back where he belongs
Oh daughter, now I need you to be strong
Father, oh father, is there any news today
My love is surely gone, my heart has been betrayed
Waves of fear are rising, I can't make them go away
Father, is there any news today
Daughter, oh daughter, I have heard some news today
The words of this letter, I can't bring myself to say
Your lover he fought bravely 'fore he slipped beneath the waves
Oh daughter, I have heard some news today
They laid him down by the river to the sea