Key: C# minor
Verse 1
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There was a young librarian
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He had hair of reddish skin
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I had seen of yet
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And there was a fair young lady
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She had a heart of gold
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She came through the open door
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To read a story's old
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It was dark and it was cold
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It was a winter's evening
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T 'was a -givin' it a pinfoot tall,
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she would not be leavin'
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B
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Oh, she would not be leav in'
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E
B
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all dressed in shades of black
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A young mother and her daughter
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silently were sat
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The eye of the fair young lady
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shot fast to meet the pair
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But only a book remained,
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there was no more there
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It was dark and it was cold,
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it was a winter's evening
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It was a -givin' it a pinf at all,
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she would not be leaving
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B
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Oh, she would not be leaving
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B
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And there sat the fair young lady
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on a splintered dusty chair,
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Opened the book and read
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with caution and with care.
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The air thick with airy silence
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clocked in the young girl's throat,
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And there were the two dark figures
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holding up a note.
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It was dark and it was cold,
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it was a winter's evening,
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it was a given at a pinfoot tall,
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E
she would not be leaving,
B
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oh she would not be leaving.
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B
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Watch out for the young librarian
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He has air of red
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With spells of fear and dread
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He'll lock you inside the pages
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Bind you with leather thread
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And rip from you that heart of gold
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To take with him to bed
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It was dark and it was cold,
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it was a winter's evening
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It was a giving that had been foretold,
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she would not be leaving
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B
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Oh, she would not be leaving
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