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K:Bb d3/2 d/2 d/2 d/2 c | f d B G | w:Van-dy Van-dy I've come to court you d3/2 d/2 d c | f f c3/2 c/2 | d3/2 d/2 d c | w:Be you rich or be you poor And if you'll kind-ly f f d !fermata!B | c c c d/2 B/2 | G G !fermata!D F | w:en-ter-tain me I will love you for e-ver-more For B B G F | B B E D | d2 G A | G4 || w:I love you and I can't help it. O yes I do! % W: W:1 W:Vandy Vandy I've come to court you W:Be you rich or be you poor W:And if you'll kindly entertain me W:I will love you for evermore W:For I love you and I can't help it. W:O yes I do! W: W:2 W:Vandy, Vandy, I've gold and silver , W:Vandy, Vandy, I've a house and land, W:Vandy, Vandy, I've a world of pleasure, W:I would make you a handsome man. W:For I love you and I can't help it, W:Oh, yes, I do! W: W:3 W:I love a man who's in the army; W:He's been there for seven long year, W:And if he's there for seven year longer, W:I won't court no other dear, W:For I love him and I can't help it, W:Oh, yes, I do! W: W:4 W:What care I for your gold and silver? W:What care I for your house and land? W:What I care for the world of pleasure W:AllI want is my soldier man. W:For I love him and I can't help it, W:Oh, yes, I do! W: W:5 W:Wake up, wake up, the dawn is breaking, W:Wake up, wake up, it's almost day, W:Open up your doors and your divers windows, W:See my true love march away, W:For I love him and I can't help it, W:Oh, yes, I do!

	

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