Key: Db major
Verse 1
the morn bright and clear,
All the sun it shone brightly,
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and keen blew the air.
I went to the forest
to gather fine flowers,
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But the forest would yield me no roses
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The roses are red
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and the leaves they are green,
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all the bushes and briars,
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a joy to be seen,
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and the small birds are singing
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and and changing their nose down among
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the wild beast s of the forest.
The first time I saw my love,
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made my eyes run and water,
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well I might have been that one,
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but she's left me and gone
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with another.
The last time I saw my love,
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she did in the church stand
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My love she has left me
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for she's gone to be wed
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to an other
the parson that married them aloud
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he did cry all you that forbid it
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Sure, I've a good reason why,
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But I had not the heart to for bid it.
Go dig me my grave,
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Dig it long, wide and deep,
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I uncover it over with flowers so sweet
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That I might lie down there
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and take a long sleep
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And that's the best way
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to for get her
You
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ChordsDb Ab Gb Ebm
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