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Was one night in Spring,
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with stars in the sky.
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When a young girl called Molly,
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put a gleam in my eye.
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Her hair was like raven,
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her smile, from the sun.
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April was the month,
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our romance begun.
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Each evening we'd meet,
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when working was through.
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We'd walk in the meadows,
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where no others went to.
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Laughing and talking,
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we had so much fun.
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April was the month,
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that my romance begun.
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One day when I met her,
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she said a wrong had been done.
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Oh Johnny, dear Johnny,
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I'm to bear you a son.
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With tears in her eyes,
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no smile from the sun.
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April was the month,
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Oh my romance begun.
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The church bell rang out.
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The greatest day of my life.
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For the raven haired Molly,
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I took for my wife.
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In the fall of that year,
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A baby she was born.
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But Molly, dear Molly,
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never saw her young one.
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The ground it was cold,
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as the wind blew all around.
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As my raven haired Molly,
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was laid in the ground.
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Her daughter was waiting,
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for her mother to come.
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April was the month,
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my romance begun,
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April was the month,
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my romance begun,