GOD MADE A WEEPING WILLOW TREE
TO GROW IN MY BACK YARD.
HE PLACED IT THERE TO BE WITH ME
WHEN LIFE WOULD SEEM SO HARD.
HE CAUSED THE RAIN THE TREE TO DRENCH
TO KEEP IT FREE FROM THIRST...
AND WHEN HE SAW ITS THIRST WAS QUENCHED...
THE SUN THROUGH CLOUDS DID BURST.
TWAS HE WHO TOOK THE SUNSHINE BACK
WHEN NIGHT TOOK PLACE OF DAY.
HE COVERED IT WITH VELVET BLACK.
HOW WONDERFUL HIS WAY!