Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There was no other girl in the country,
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in the country there was no thief
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When are you coming to Boston,
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Miss Mary a long way from home
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And the first time that I met you,
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you were standing alone on the steps
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Confused, ragged and barefoot,
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you've taken whatever
Verse 2
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take me to the churchyard for all that I'm worth
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You gave me a line of talk,
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you wouldn't tell me your name
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There was a letter of Ravens,
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I guessed it was Magdalene
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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When I got to Illinois asked a man
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they called the bartender
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Which gold mines I should avoid
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She whispered softly in my ears,
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that you can't get there from here
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I saw the cross on her chain had a
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hundred degrees below zero
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I died for that woman
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take me to the churchyard for all that I'm worth
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At the top of the hill I'll be sleeping,
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let the cold drown me in my bed
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The tomb stone for my pillow,
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let the moonlight fall on my spread
Outro 1
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