Key: F major
Intro 1
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Cherise was brushing her long hair gently
Verse 1
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down
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It was the afternoon of carnival
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As she brushes it gently down
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And Rubin was strumming
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his painted mandolin
Verse 2
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It was inlaid with a pretty face in jade
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Played in the carnival parade
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Cherise was dressing
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as Pirouette in white
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gripped her tight
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Verse 3
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Rubin, Rubin tell me truly true
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why I do
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Is there an other girl for you?
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If you could see my heart you would
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There's none Cherise, except for you,
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Well, I swear to it on my very soul
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If I lie may I fall down cold
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When Rubin played on his painted mandolin
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The breeze would pause to listen in
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Before going on its way again
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Masquerade began when
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nightfall fi nally woke
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the dancers broke
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To the painted mandolin
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And looking out all the crowd
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Sweet Ruby Claire at Ru bin stared,
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She was dressed as Pirouette
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in red
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And her hair hung gently down
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The crowd pressed round, Ruby stood as though alone
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ferent tone
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And he played it just for her
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The song that he played was
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the carnival parade
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Each note cut a thread of Cherise's fate
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It cut through like a blade
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Rubin was playing his painted mandolin
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Ruby froze and turned to stone
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For the strings played all alone
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The voice of Cherise from
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the face of the mandolin
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Singing Rubin, Ru bin tell me true
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For I have no one but you
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Oh, if you could see my heart
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for you, except for you
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I'd swear to it on my very soul,
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If I lie may I fall down cold
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The truth of love an un sung song must
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tell
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The course of love must follow blind
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Without a look behind
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Rubin walked the streets of
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Cherise so lightly in his arms
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And her hair hung gently down
Outro 1
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