Key: D# minor•
Intro 1
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Abm
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Verse 1
was a maiden
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When the birds began to sing.
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So early in the spring.
Her thoughts were gay and happy
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And the morning gay and fine,
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For her lover was a river boy
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From the river in the pines.
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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To his Mary in the spring
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When the trees were budding early
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And the birds began to sing.
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When the fruit is in the wine,
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I'll return to you, my darling
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From the river in the pines.
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Verse 3
It was early in the morning
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In Wisconsin's dreary clime
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When he rode the fatal rapids
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For that last and fatal time.
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They found his body lying
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On the rocky shore be low
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Where the silent water ripples
Interlude 2
blow.
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Verse 4
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There's a lonely grave that's
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Visited by drivers on their way
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In the morning fair and fine.
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'Tis the grave of two young lovers
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From the river in the
Outro 1
pines
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Ebm Abm Ab Eb...
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