Key: C major
Verse 1
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There's a story
told of a little Japanese
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Miss Butterfly, her name
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A sweet little innocent child was she
Till a fine young American
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From the sea to her garden came
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They met neath the cherry
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And he taught her to love
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the American way,
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it was easy to learn.
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a promise to return.
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Poor Butterfly
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Neath the blossoms waiting
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Poor butterfly,
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for she loved him so.
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The moments pass into hours
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The hours pass
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into years
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And as she smiles through her tears,
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she mur murs low,
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The moon and I know
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that he is faithful
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I'm sure he'll come to me,
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by and by
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But if he don't come back
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I won't ever sigh or
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cry
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I just must die
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Poor butterfly
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said the little Japanese,
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Tell him I'm waiting neath the
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cherry blossom trees,
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my sailor man to sea.
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The bees and hummingbirds say they
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guess every day that passes
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makes one day less till he comes
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to me.
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For once butterfly gives her heart away.
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She can never love again.
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She is his forever.
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For all of this world through ages to come.
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So her face just smiles,
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though her heart is growing num b.
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The moon and I know
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that he is faithful
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Oh, we're sure he'll come to me,
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by an d by
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But if he don't come back,
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I won't ever sigh or cry
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I just must die
Poor Butterfly
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