You dug a well, you dug it deep

For every wife you buried

You planted a cedar tree

The best, the best you ever had.

I stand where you stood

I stand for bad or good

And I am green and you are wood

The best, the best he ever had.

I'll dig a well, I'll dig it deep

And for my only love

I plant the cedar tree

The best, the best I'll ever have.