Key: D major
Verse 1
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As I was walking on the northern heights,
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I saw a little girl with eyes so bright.
We stopped to talk and as
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the day got darker
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Rode the ghost train to es
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cape the thunder
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I saw her again and she was so pretty
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But she loved a working man
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who lived in the city
And if you haven't got the money
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Then I haven't got the time
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She shouted at me as we
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walked down the line
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I said to her, she said to me
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You're the finest I ever did see
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Took her by the hand as we
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walked a little farther
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And I led her to the churchyard
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Bottomwood admired
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On a cool dark night I began
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About the pretty little girl
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who stole my heart
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I'll save my pennies till the day I die
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So I had enough money to make her mine
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Northern
Heights
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Yeah!
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I saw her sitting all alone and free
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On the northern heights
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where she said she
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On her finger was a wedding band
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No words I spoke, it was plain to see
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Now the days and the nights go by so slow
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As I mourn for the girl I put six feet below
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I said to her, she said to me
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You're the finest I ever did see
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Took her by the hand as we
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walked our little father
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And I led her to the church our
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bottom were admired
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I said to her, she said to me,
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you're the finest I ever did see
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Took her by the hand as we
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walked a little farther
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Well I took her by the hand as
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And I killed her in the churchyard,
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Bottomwood
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Mire
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