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M: 3/4 L: 1/8 K:D (3ABc|"G"d2"Fm"c2"G"d2|"A"e2e4-|e4dB|"G"G2>A2A2|"A"A6-|A4 ef| w:My -- young love said to me, - My - mo-ther won’t mind. - And my "A"g2a2>e2|"Fm"f2e2>c2|"G"d2c2d2|"A"e6-|e4 ef| w:fa-ther won’t slight you For your lack of kind" - And she "A"g2a2>e2|"Fm"f2e2>c2|"G"d2c2d2|"A"e2e4-|e4 (3ABc| w:step-ped away from me And this she did say: - It - "G"d2"Fm"c2"G"d2|"A"e2e4-|e4 dB|"G"G2A2A2|"A"A6-|A4|| w:will not be long, love, - Till - our wed-ding day" % W: W:1 W:My young love said to me, W:My mother won’t mind W:And my father won’t slight you W:For your lack of kind" W:And she stepped away from me W:And this she did say: W:It will not be long, love, W:Till our wedding day" W: W:2 W:As she stepped away from me W:And she moved through the fair W:And fondly I watched her W:Move here and move there W:And then she turned homeward W:With one star awake W:Like the swan in the evening W:Moves over the lake W: W:3 W:The people were saying, W:No two e’er were wed W:But one had a sorrow W:That never was said W:And I smiled as she passed W:With her goods and her gear, W:And that was the last W:That I saw of my dear. W: W:4 W:Last night she came to me, W:My dead love came in W:So softly she came W:That her feet made no din W:As she laid her hand on me W:And this she did say W:It will not be long, love, W:‘Til our wedding day % % % % % % % % % % %]

	

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