Key: Bb major
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(This is the story of Lili Marlene,
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doo, doo, doo doo, doo!)
Verse 2
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Would you like to hear the story,
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of a girl that many soldiers know?
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It's a tale of love in all it's glory,
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they tell when the lights
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are soft an' low!
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Underneath the lamp post by
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the brigades
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standing all alone every night you'll see her wait,
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she waits for a boy who marched away
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and though he's gone,
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she hears him say:
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"Oh promise you'll be
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true,
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fare thee well Lili Marlene,
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'till I return to you,
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fare thee well Lili Marlene! "
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(This is the story of Lili
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Marlene!)
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With a kiss she gave her promise,
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to be constant as the stars above,
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every sol dier knows she's
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kept her promise,
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and she has been faithful to her
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love!
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(Underneath the lamp post
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by the brigade
standing all alone every night
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you'll see her wait,
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for this is the place a
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vow was made
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and breezes sing her serenade . . .)
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"Oh promise you'll be true,
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fare thee well Lili Marlene,
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'till I return to you,
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fare thee well Lili Marlene, "
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(This is the story of Lili Mar
lene!
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Though wee stems have an ending,
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no one knows just what
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the end will be
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but tonight when twilight is descending,
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if you'll come along,
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here's what you'll see . . .)
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Underneath the lamp
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post
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by the brigade
standing all alone every
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night you'll see her wait,
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and as they go marching to the fray
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the soldiers all salute and say:
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We'll tell him you've been true,
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fare thee well Lili Marlene,
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'till he returns to you,
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fare thee well . . .
Lili Marlene!
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