I'm Tying The Leaves-Elton Britt

[ti:I'm Tying The Leaves] [ar:Elton Britt] [al:The Versatile Elton Britt: Classic Performances From Three Decades] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I'm Tying The Leaves - Elton Britt [00:08.54]Playmates were they [00:10.13] [00:11.16]Girl and Lad [00:13.27] [00:14.29]She's home today [00:16.26] [00:17.45]Lad feels sad [00:19.81] [00:20.90]Doctor who called [00:23.05] [00:24.07]Whispered low [00:26.00] [00:27.00]When the last autumn leaves fall [00:30.74]That she must go [00:33.82] [00:35.44]Lad with a tear climbed a tree [00:40.79] [00:41.59]I'll keep her here murmured he [00:46.98] [00:47.75]Big man in blue sternly cries [00:53.23] [00:53.93]What are you doing [00:56.86]Then Lad replied [01:02.26] [01:02.84]I'm tying the leaves [01:06.71]So they won't come down [01:09.57] [01:10.09]So the wind won't blow them away [01:14.25] [01:16.18]For the best little girl [01:18.56] [01:19.14]In this wide wide world [01:21.66] [01:22.59]Is lying so ill today [01:27.38] [01:28.39]Her young life must go [01:31.41]When the last leaves fall [01:33.96] [01:34.52]I'm fixing them tight [01:36.37]Far so they'll stay [01:39.53] [01:40.59]Yes I'm tying the leaves [01:43.62]So they won't come down [01:46.74]So Nellie won't go away [01:51.30] [01:53.45]Sad mother grieves day by day [01:57.63] [01:58.54]Watches the leaves hears Lad say [02:03.56] [02:04.47]You mustn't cry for you see [02:09.08] [02:09.70]I have tied all the leaves fast [02:13.49]Up on the tree [02:16.20] [02:17.98]Doctor brings joy one glad day [02:23.13] [02:23.97]Mother tells boy Nell will stay [02:29.24] [02:29.99]Lad with the tear cried with glee [02:35.61]Why that's what I said [02:38.53]One day in the tree [02:43.98] [02:45.07]I'm tying the leaves [02:49.20]So they won't come down [02:51.66] [02:52.26]So Nellie won't go away