[Riff]
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[Verse]
Gm              F      Gm 
Go son, go down to the water 
Gm                F       Gm 
And see the women weeping there 
Gm           F      Gm 
Then go up into the mountains 
Gm                F       Gm 
The men, they are weeping too 
Gm                      F     Gm 
Father, why are all the women weeping? 
Gm                   F         Gm 
They are all weeping for their men 
Gm                   F         Gm 
Then why are all the men there weeping? 
Gm               F   F/C   Gm 
They are weeping ba_ck at them
[Chorus]
F         Gm 
This is a weeping song 
  F                Gm 
A song in which to weep 
              F             Gm 
While all the men and women sleep 
F         Gm 
This is a weeping song 
      F           F/C  Gm 
But I won't be weeping long
[Verse]
Gm                      F        Gm 
Father, why are all the children weeping? 
Gm              F      Gm 
They are merely crying son 
Gm                 F       Gm 
O, are they merely crying, father? 
Gm                   F      Gm 
Yes, true weeping is yet to come
[Chorus]
F         Gm 
This is a weeping song 
  F                Gm 
A song in which to weep 
              F               Gm 
While all the little children sleep 
F        Gm 
This is a weeping song 
      F                Gm 
But I won't be weeping long
[Verse]
Gm                 F       Gm 
 O father tell me, are you weeping? 
Gm               F      Gm 
 Your face seems wet to touch 
Gm              F      Gm 
  O then I'm so sorry, father 
Gm                 F          Gm 
 I never thought I hurt you so much
[Chorus]
F         Gm 
This is a weeping song 
  F                Gm 
A song in which to weep 
         F                 Gm 
While we rock ourselves to sleep 
F         Gm 
This is a weeping song 
      F                Gm 
But I won't be weeping long  
     F                Gm 
No I won't be weeping long  
     F                Gm 
No I won't be weeping long  
     F                Gm 
No I wont be weeping long