Intro: F Bb F
Verso 1:
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She was seven and I was just ten..
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when she moved next door to the house
we lived in.
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She followed me around and got in my hair..
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wherever I looked, she'd be there.
Verso 2:
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An awkward little girl with big brown eyes..
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she'd ask me over for tea and mud pies.
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A freckle-faced angel, always in my way..
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but I couldn't refuse when she'd say..
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Big brother, take me with you..wherever
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you're going I want to go, too.
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You're so silly, the things that you do..
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but big brother, how I love you.
Verso 3:
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As she grew older, I'd take her around..
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we'd go to the fair when it came to town.
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The side-shows and candy would keep us all day..
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and when we were late, she would say..
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Mother, there's no need to worry and fuss..
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my big brother can take care of us.
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He's like one of our own family..big brother
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takes care of me.
Verso 4:
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So, the years flew by, then one night in the spring..
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all of a sudden she was eighteen.
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No longer the little girl I'd known all my life..and I
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wanted to make her my wife.
Verso 5:
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But a few days later, her heart all aglow..in order that
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I'd be the first one to know.
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She brought him over and in her sweet way..she told me of
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their wedding day.
Final:
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Big brother, I'd been so long..but now big brother will
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have to be strong.
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So, I'll turn and hide these tears in my eyes..I can't let
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her see..big..brother..cry.