Key: A major
Verse 1
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Once did i have a dear companion
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Until a black- eyed girl be trayed me
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And then he cared no more for me
Verse 2
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Just go and leave me if you wish to
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For in your heart you love another
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And in my grave i'd rather be
Verse 3
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While me a poor girl lay
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Listening to the wind that blows
Verse 4
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When i see your baby laughing
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But when i see your baby crying
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It makes me think of my disgrace
Verse 5
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I wish i was some little sparrow
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I'd fly away to my own true love
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And when he called it i'd be nigh
Verse 6
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But i ain't no little sparrow
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So i'll sit right here in
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I'll sit right here until i die
Verse 7
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I'll go down to yonder's river
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And i'll leave nothing but reunion
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And i'll drink nothing but my tears
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C D
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