Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
late of St. Fagin's Parish
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An d in this way I did embarrass
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A sweet maiden who deserved more
My first love was Joan Morgan
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But cruelly she denied me
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So I took beside me Lizzie Waters
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for to be my bride
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I saw her down on Canton Bridge
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I watched her cross the river dress so fine
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I met her down on Canton Bridge
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And I knew that I must change my mind
Poor Lizzy took my promise
And gave her whole self to me
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An d so to Cardiff I did journey,
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For to buy the ring that would her spine.
Now as I crossed the river,
Who should I spy there walking?
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Joe Morgan and Vick Torky,
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she did pledge her love with all her life
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I saw her down on Canton Bridge,
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I watched her cross the river dress so fine
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I saw her down on Canton Bridge
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And I knew that I must change my mind
Thus Joan and I were married
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And Matthew Morgan gave his daughter
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An d thus I jilted Lizzy Waters
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And in shaming took away her pride
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True love is like a river
When blocked, well, change direction
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And inundate the least affection
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Then in its flood consume all else
Each bridge is built for crossing
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The shortest distance to de sire
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Where Lizzy found I did deny her
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Beneath the waters of her name did drown
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I saw her down on Canton Bridge
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I watched her cross the river dressed in fine
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I met her down on Canton Bridge
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And I knew that I must change my mind
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I saw her down on Canton Bridge
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I watched her cross the river dress so fine
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I met her down on Canton Bridge
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And I knew that I must change my mind
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