Intro C
verse 1
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Cold blows the wind to my true love
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And gently drops the rain
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I've never had but one true love
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And in green-wood he lies slain
verse 2
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I'll do as much for my true love
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As any young girl may
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I'll sit and mourn all on his grave
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For a- twelve month and a day
verse 3
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And when twelve months and a day was passed
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The ghost did rise and speak
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"Why sittest thou all on my grave
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And will not let me sleep? "
verse 4
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"Go fetch me water from the desert
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And blood from out of a stone
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Go fetch me milk from a fair maid's breast
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That a young man never has known. "
Verse 5
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"How oft on yonder grave, sweetheart
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Where we were wont to walk
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The fairest flower that e'er I saw
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Has withered to a stalk."
Verse 6
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"The stalk is withered and dead, sweetheart
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The flower will never return.
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And since I've lost my own true love
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What can I do but yearn."
Verse 7
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"When will we meet again, sweetheart.
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When will we meet again? "
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"When the autumn leaves that fall from the trees
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Are green and spring up again."