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O light the candle, John
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The daylight is almost gone
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The birds have sung their last
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The bells call all to mass
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Sit here by my side
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For the night is very long
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There's something I must tell
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Before I pass along
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I joined the brotherhood My books were all to me
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I scribed the words of God
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And much of history
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Many a year was I
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Perched out upon the sea
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The waves would wash my tears,
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The wind, my memory
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I'd hear the ocean breathe
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Exhale upon the shore
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I knew the tempest's blood
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Its wrath I would endure
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And so the years went by
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Within my rocky cell
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With only a mouse or bird
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My friend; I loved them well
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And so it came to pass
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I'd come here to Romani
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And many a year it took
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Till I arrived here with thee
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On dusty roads I walked
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And over mountains high
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Through rivers running deep
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Beneath the endless sky
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Beneath these jasmine flowers
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Amidst these cypress trees
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I give you now my books
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And all their mysteries
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Now take the hourglass
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And turn it on its head
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For when the sands are still
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'Tis then you'll find me dead
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O light the candle, John
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The daylight is almost gone
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The birds have sung their last
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The bells call all to mass
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