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Version 1

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X:1
T:Lady Mary
Z:Webmaster
C:Trad
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=120
K:D
D | F3/2 F/2 F | G/2 A3/2 (A | (A3) | (A2) A/2)D/2 |
w:He came from his pa-lace grand - - - He
F3/2 F/2 F | (G/2 F3/2) E | (D2 D/2)D/2
w:came to my co- -ttage door - His
F2 F | G3/2 F/2 G | (A3 | A) G, |
w:words were few but his looks - Will
F/2 (F3/2 F/2)F/2 | G/2 F3/2 E | D3 | D2 z/2 A/2 |
w:lin-ger - for-e - ver-more - The
B/2 B3/2 B | (d c) B | (A3 | A2) A | 
w:look in his sad - dark eyes - More
B B B | (d c) B | (A3 | (A2) A/2)D/2 |
w:ten-der than wo-rds could be - - But
(F2 F/2)F/2 | G/2 F3/2 (G/2A/2) | (A3 | (A2) A/2)A,/2 |
w:I - was no-thing to him  - - - But
F2 F/2F/2 | F2 E | (D3 | D2) ||
w:he was the world to me
W:1
W:"He came from his palace grand
W:He came to my cottage door
W:His words were few but his looks
W:Will linger forevermore
W:The look in his sad, dark eyes
W:More tender than words could be
W:But I was nothing to him
W:And he was the world to me"
W:
W:2
W:There, in her garden she stands
W:All dressed in fine satin and lace
W:Lady Mary, so cold and so strange
W:Who finds in his heart no place
W:"He knew I would be his bride
W:With a kiss for a lifetime fee
W:But I was nothing to him
W:And he was the world to me"
W:
W:3
W:"And now, in his palace grand
W:On a flower strewn bed he lies
W:His beautiful lids are closed
W:On his sad, dark, beautiful eyes
W:And among the mourners who mourn
W:Why should I a mourner be?
W:For I was nothing to him
W:And he was the world to me"

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Country of origin: England

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