Key: A major•
Verse 1
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It was on one cold winter night
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When Mary came wandering
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home with a child
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Till she came to her own
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"Father, dear father," she cried
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"Come down and open the door
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Or the child in my arms will
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perish and die
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From the winds that blow across
Verse 2
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But her father was deaf to her cry
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Not a sound of a voice did he hear
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So the watchdog did howl and
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the village bells tolled
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And the wind blew across
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Verse 3
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Oh, how the old man must have felt
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And he found Mary dead
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but the child still alive
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Closely grasping its dead mother's arms
Verse 4
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In grief, the old man passed away
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And the child, to it's mother, went soon
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And no one, they say,
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lives there to this day
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And the cottage, to ruin,
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Verse 5
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But the villagers point out the spot
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Where the willows grew over the door
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Saying, "There Mary died,
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once the gay village bride
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From the wind that blow across
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E B D
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