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Bury Me Beneath The Willow
Composer: Traditional

Bury Me Beneath The Willow was probably performed by Jerry Garcia with the Black Mountain Boys in 1964. Part of Bury Me Beneath The Willow was performed by Robert Hunter in 1997.

Variations of this song appear as Bury Me Beneath The Willow, Bury Me Under The Willow, 'Neath The Weeping Willow, Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow, Weeping Willow Tree, and similar.



Recordings

no info Single (Weeping Willow Tree / Rain Crow Bill Blues), Henry Whitter, 1924
no info Single (Sylvester Johnson Lee / Weeping Willow Tree), Ernest Johnson (aka Ernest Thompson), 1924
no info Single (Weeping Willow Tree / Two Orphans), George Reneau, 1925
no info Single (Weeping Willow Tree / Pearl Bryan), Burnett & Rutherford, 1926
no info Single (Beneath The Weeping Willow Tree / Bye And Bye You Will Forget Me), Kelly Harrell, 1926
no info Single (My Little German Home Across The Sea / Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow Tree), Ernest V. Stoneman, 1926
no info Single (Goodbye To My Stepstones / Weeping Willow Tree), Daphne Burns, 1927
no info Single (Weeping Willow Tree / Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet), Harvey Puckett, 1927
no info Single (Aged Mother / Weeping Willow Tree), Jesse Oakley / Harvey Watson, 1927
no info Single (Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow / Little Log Cabin By The Sea), The Carter Family, 1927
no info Single (That Bad Man Stacklee / Weeping Willow Tree), David Miller / Harvey Watson, 1927
no info Single (Weeping Willow Tree / Seeing Nellie Home (Quilting Party)), Lester McFarland & Robert A. Gardner, 1927
no info Single (May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister? / Weeping Willow Tree), Red Fox Chasers, 1928
no info Single (Mountain Sweetheart / Weeping Willow Tree), North Carolina Foxchasers, 1928
no info Single (Weeping Willow Tree / Tell Mother I'll Meet her), Virginia Possum Tamers, 1928
no info Single (Beyond the Starry Plane / Bury Me Beneath the Willow), Red Brush Singers / Lookout Mountain Singers, 1928
no info Single (Bury Me Beneath the Willow / Beyond the Starry Plane), Great Gap Entertainers / Red Brush Singers, 1928
no info Single (Railroad Bum / Weeping Willow), The Stripling Brothers, 1929
no info Single (Bury Me'Neath The Weeping Willow / Dying Cowboy), Asa Martin & James Roberts, 1932
no info Single (Beneath The Weeping Willow Tree / Cowboy Jack), Smiling Bill Carlisle, 1934
no info Single (Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow / When I'm Gone), The Carter Family, 1935
no info Single ('Neath The Weeping Willow / Louisiana Moon), Hackenberry Ramblers, 1936
no info Single (Back To My Home In Smokey Mountain / Bury Me'Neath The Willow Tree), Riley Puckett, 1936
no info Single (Distant Land To Roam / Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow), The Carter Family, 1936?
no info Single (Weeping Willow Tree / Oh Hide You In The Blood), Monroe Brothers, 1937
no info Single (Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Weeping Willow Tree), Monroe Brothers, 1937?
no info Single (Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow / Brother Take Warning), Delmore Brothers, 1938
no info Single (Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow / Ain't It Hard To Love), Delmore Brothers, 1939
info Shivaree!, Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, Tom Paley, Harry & Jeanie West, 1955
info Appalachian Minstrel, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, 1956
no info Southern Mountain Folksongs, Various Artists (Harry & Jeannie West), 1956
no info Dust On The Bible, Kitty Wells, 1959
info Country Songs Old & New, The Country Gentlemen, 1960
info Sing Everybody's Country Favorites, Stanley Brothers, 1960
no info Country Music in Bluegrass Style, Harry & Jeannie West, 1960
no info Rose Lee Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis, 1961
info A Treasure Chest of American Folk Song, Ed McCurdy, 1961
no info Banjo Jamboree Spectacular, Various Artists (Bill Clifton), 1961
no info The Carter Family Album, Carter Family, 1962
no info The No.1 Country And Western Band, Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys, 1962
no info Precious Memories, Jean Ritchie, 1962
no info Folk Songs, The Wilburn Brothers, 1962
no info Orange Blossom Special, Tommy Hunter's Carolina String Band, 1962
info Mountain Music Played on the Autoharp, Various Artists (Neriah and Kenneth Benfield), 1962
no info The World's Best Five String Banjo, Don Reno & Red Smiley, 1963
info The Old Reliable String Band, The Old Reliable String Band, 1963
info Early Bluegrass Music, The Monroe Brothers, 1963
no info Bury Me Beneath the Willows, Southern Mountains Folk Songs and Ballads, Various Artists (Harry & Jeanie West), 1963
no info The Country Songs of, Lilly Brothers, 1964
no info The World's Best 5-String Banjo, Don Reno & Red Smiley, 1964
info Anita and Helen Carter, Anita and Helen Carter, 1964
info 12 String Dobro, Tut Taylor And The Folkswingers, 1964
info Blue Grass Taylor Made, Earl Taylor & the Stoney Mountain Boys, 1964
no info One Step More, Goodtime Singers, 1964
no info Pete Seeger On Campus, Pete Seeger/Various Artists, 1965
info Liz Getz Sings, Liz Getz, 1965
info Folk Go-Go, Various Artists (Mickey Miller), 1965
no info Guitar Goes to Jimmy Dean Show, Joe Maphis, 1966
no info Log Cabin Songs, Jim Greer & the Mac-O-Chee Valley Boys, 1966
no info Hoe Down! Vol. 8, DeWayne Wear & the Wear Family, 1966
no info Blue Grass If You Please, Ernie & Mack & the Bluegrass Cut-Ups, 1966
no info Country Favorites, Carter Family, 1967
no info Dobro And Fiddle, Billy Baker & Kenny Haddock, 1967
no info The Country Side Of, Jimmie Davis, 1968
no info Moon Mullins, Moon Mullins, 1970
info Sounds of the Smokies, Bill Davis and his Singing Dulcimer, 1971
info Early Recordings, The Lilly Brothers, 1971
info Pickin And Singin, Jim McCall, 1972
no info Bayou Bluegrass, Louisiana Honeydrippers, 1972
no info The American Sound, Troy Brammer, 1973
no info I'm Leavin' You Darlin', Lee Allen & the Dew Mountain Boys, 1974
no info Bluegrass By, Wally Bryson & the Blaylock Brothers, 1974
no info The Best Of, Jimmie Davis, 1975
no info Bluegrass Session, 1952, Bill Clifton & Paul Clayton, 1975
info Feast Here Tonight, Monroe Brothers, 1975
info Singer of Old Songs, Michael Cooney, 1975
no info The Fiddle Collection, Benny Martin, 1976
no info Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, 1976
no info Thank You Lord, Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers, 1976
no info Mountain Guitars, Carl Scott & Ronnie Massey, 1976
no info Fred Pike & The Flat Top Guitar, Fred Pike, 1978
no info Country Guitar Giants, Merle Travis & Joe Maphis, 1979
no info The Best of, Jimmie Davis, 1979
info Skaggs & Rice, Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice, 1980
info Clarence White And The Kentucky Colonels, Kentucky Colonels, 1980
no info Wilma Lee Cooper, Wilma Lee Cooper, 1981
no info Memory Of Your Smile, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1982
no info Banjo Gentlemen, Rual Yarbrough, 1982
no info Old Favorites, Roy Cobb & the Coachmen, 1983
no info 5 String Dobro & Banjo, Allen Shelton, 1985
no info Strong At Heart, Bill Lowe & Ron Thomason, 1987
info Rounder Guitar, Various Artists (Clarence White), 1987
info Rounder Guitar: Acoustic Guitar, Various Artists (Clarence White), 1988
info Ring of Fire, Anita Carter, 1989
no info Blue Mesa, Peter Ostroushko, 1989
no info No Hurry, Scott Nygaard, 1990
no info The Early Years, Woody Guthrie, 1991
no info My Carolina Home, Laura Boosinger, 1991
no info On Radio, Vol. 2, Blue Sky Boys, 1992
no info The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands, Various Artists (Ralph Smith), 1992
no info The World's Greatest Bluegrass Pickers, Various Artists (Benny Martin & Josh Graves), 1992
no info Anchored in Love: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1927-28), Carter Family, 1993
no info 1968 To 1973, Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, 1993
no info Bluegrass Guitar Duets, Sandy Rothman & Steve Pottier, 1993
info Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961, The Stanley Brothers, 1994
no info More Than Pye in the Sky, Lonnie Donegan, 1994
no info Clinch Mountain Guitar, James Alan Shelton, 1995
info Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, Vols. 1-2, Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston, 1995
no info Sing Bluegrass and Old-Time Music, Jo Miller & Laura Love, 1995
no info Legendary, Cisco Houston/Alan Lomax, 1996
info Blue Ribbon Guitar, Various Artists (Scott Nygaard), 1996
no info Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 1928 - 1934, The Stripling Brothers, 1997
no info Wildwood Pickin', Maybelle Carter, 1997
info The Sensational Sounds of Bluegrass, Various Artists (Benny Martin & Josh Graves), 1997
no info Southern Journey, Vol. 7: Ozark FrontierVarious Artists (Almeda Riddle), 1997
no info Cross Picking, George Shuffler, 1998
no info Radio Broadcasts 1945, Spade Cooley, 1998
info Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1: 1925-1926, Kelly Harrell, 1998
no info Complete Recorded Works (1926-1930), Burnett & Rutherford, 1998
no info The Best of, The Carter Family, 1999
no info Pastures of Plenty, Woody Guthrie, 1999
no info Home In The Heart, Summer Villa, 1999
info Prestige/Folklore Years, Vol. 5: Have a Feast Here Tonight, The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover, 1999
info Bluegrass Essentials, Vol. 2: True to Traditions, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice), 1999
info Generations of Bluegrass, Vol. 3: Legendary Pickers, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice), 1999
no info Fevers, Rats & Stars, Elizabeth Aubrey, 2000
no info Wildwood Flower, The Carter Family, 2000
no info The Best of, Vol. 1, The Carter Family, 2000
no info Famous Country Music Makers, The Carter Family, 2000
info 33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals, Clarence White, 2000
info In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain, The Carter Family, 2000
info Country Bluegrass, Harry & Jeanie West, 2000
no info Clinch Mountain Sweethearts, Ralph Stanley, 2001
no info Memories of the Range, The Sons of the Pioneers, 2001
no info The Collection, The Carter Family, 2001
no info From Within, Emily Singleton, 2001
no info Favorites of Ours, Western Lights, 2001
info Around the World to Poor Valley, Bill Clifton, 2001
info Newport Folk Festival: Best of Bluegrass 1959-1966, Various Artists (Lilly Brothers and Dan Stover with Tex Logan), 2001
no info 1927-1934, The Carter Family, 2002
info The Carter Family: 1927-1934, The Carter Family, 2002
info Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949, Bill Monroe, 2002
info Legacy, Doc Watson and David Holt, 2002
no info The Pathway Home, Keith Arneson & Wayne Taylor, 2002
no info Rock Island Line: The Singles Anthology 1955-1967, Lonnie Donegan, 2002
no info Jimmy Brown the Newsboy, Edward James Richard, 2002
no info Dust, Fritts Family, 2002
no info Dandelion Wine, Devin Brewer, 2002
no info Live, Hill Country Express, 2002
no info Citizens Keane, Citizens Keane, 2002
no info Live In Concert (DVD), Wyatt Rice, David Grier & Kenny Smith, 2002
info Cool Blue and Lonesome: Bluegrass For the Broken-Hearted, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice), 2002
info American Roots: The Essential Album, Various Artists (Country Gentlemen), 2002
no info Keep on the Sunny Side: Best, Vol. 1, The Carter Family, 2003
no info Sunshine in the Shadows, The Carter Family, 2003
no info Live Recordings from the Louisiana Hayride, June Carter Cash, 2003
no info The House Carpenter's Daughter, Natalie Merchant, 2003
info Life of Sorrow, David Grisman, 2003
info All the Classic Releases 1937-1949, Bill Monroe, 2003
info Rural Roots of Bluegrass, Wayne Erbsen/Laura Boosinger, 2003
no info Songs from the Lonesome Prairie, Rick Pickren, 2003
no info 30 Mandolin Classics, Nashville Mandolins, 2003
no info America's Music, David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, 2004
no info RCA Country Legends, The Carter Family, 2004
no info Deliverance Will Come, Janette Carter, 2004
info Appalachian Angel: Her Recordings 1950-1972, Anita Carter, 2004
no info Kentucky Towns, Tim Flannery, 2004
no info Keepin It Country, Al Traynor, 2004
no info Layers of Rust and Time, Nancy Walker, 2004
no info Songs of the Carter Family, Stanley Brothers, 2004
no info You Done Me Wrong: Vintage Country Cheating Songs 1929-1952, Various Artists (Carter Family), 2004
no info Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, 2005
no info Worried Man Blues: The Best Of, Woody Guthrie, 2005
no info Cold Weather Woman, Close Enough String Band, 2005
no info As I Live and Breathe, The Starlingtons, 2005
no info Spirit Dance, Dave Carmichael, 2005
no info Grandma's songs, The Boohers, 2005
no info Country Sampler, Carol Stober, 2005
no info Steel String Americana, Paul Asbell, 2005
info Worried Blues, Frank Hutchison and Kelly Harrell, 2005
info The Appalachians, Various Artists (Carter Family), 2005
no info 50 Years Of Dueling Banjos, Various Artists (Ralph Smith), 2005
no info Guitar Collection: 25 Bluegrass Guitar Favorites, Various Artists (Clarenece White), 2005
no info I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs Of The Carter Family, Various Artists (Stanley Brothers), 2005
no info Bluegrass Pride: Fifty Years Of Tradition : 40 Bluegrass Classics, Various Artists (Hylo Brown), 2005
no info Rural Rhythm Guitar Collection: 25 Bluegrass Guitar Favorites, Various Artists (Sandy Rothman), 2005
no info At Town Hall Party: July 18, 1959, Various Artists (Rose Lee Maphis), 2005
no info The Essential Original Masters, Hylo Brown, 2006
no info Flatpick, Clarence White, 2006
no info Old Time Religion, Woody Guthrie, 2006
no info The Versatile, Porter Wagoner, 2006
no info Live at the Louisiana Hayride, Johnny Cash & June Carter, 2006
no info Collected (1999-2000), Ritt Deitz, 2006
no info Melody Time With, The Andrews Sisters, 2006
no info Timeless, Marcille Wallis, 2006
no info Gray Sky Girls, Gray Sky Girls, 2006
info Definitive Gold, Woody Guthrie, 2006
info Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice), 2006
info Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival, Various Artists (Maybelle Carter), 2006
info Johnny Cash: Roots & Branches, Various Artists (Carter Family), 2006
info Masters of Old-time Country Autoharp, Various Artists (Kenneth & Neriah Benfield), 2006
no info Pickin' & Singin': The Ultimate Bluegrass Collection, Various Artists (Ralph Smith), 2006
no info Best of Country Duets, Various artists (Pam Gadd & Porter Wagoner), 2006
no info Vigilante Man, Woody Guthrie, 2007
no info Country Folk, The Carter Family, 2007
info Beware Young Ladies!, Tom Paley, 2007
info Vol. 2: The Later Years 1933-1952, The Delmore Brothers, 2007
info Reno & Smiley: 1959-1963, Reno & Smiley, 2007
no info 22 Country and Gospel Duets, Porter Wagoner, 2007
info Classic Bluegrass Collection, Vols. 1-4, Various Artists (Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice), 2007
info Bluegrass in the Smokies, Various Artists (Hylo Brown), 2007
no info Original Folk: The Best of, Woody Guthrie, 2008
no info Duets, Porter Wagoner, 2008
no info Big Rock Candy Mountain, Porter Wagoner, 2008
info Best of the Sugar Hill Years, Ricky Skaggs, 2008
no info Bluegrass Smash Hits, Vol. 1, The Mashville Brigade, 2008
no info Ready for the Road, The Walnut Brothers, 2008
no info American Folk Anthology, Various Artists (Woody Guthrie), 2008
no info The List, Roseanne Cash, 2009
info I'm Going Down to North Carolina, Red Fox Chasers, 2009
no info The Essential, Clarence White, 2009
no info Roots of Country, The Carter Family, 2009
no info Honky Tonk Breakdown, Kim & the Caballeros, 2009
no info Yessir!, Jessie Baker, 2009
no info The Bluegrass Album, Nathan Day, 2009
no info American Murder Ballads, Various Artists (Carter Family), 2009
no info Gems From A Master Fiddler, Buddy Pendleton, 2010
no info Gospel Duets, Porter Wagoner, 2010
no info At His Best: Bending The Strings And Other Good Instrumentals, Allen Shelton, 2010
no info I'll Walk Alone, Patty Andrews, 2010
info Gennett Old Time Music: Classic Country Recordings 1927-1934, Various Artists (Red Fox Chasers), 2010
no info Sleep With One Eye Open, Chris Thile & Michael Daves, 2011
no info Can't Stop Lickin', GrassDawgs, 2011
info Happy Birthday Bill Monroe: Dawg Plays Big Mon, David Grisman and various artists, 2011
no info Fifth Gear, Banner Mountain Boys, 2011
no info The Bristol Sessions: The Big Bang of Country Music 1927-1928, Various Artists (Carter Family), 2011
info Life of Sorrow: Deluxe Edition, David Grisman, 2021

 
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