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Underneath the lantern |
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By the barrack gate |
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Darling I remember |
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The way you used to wait |
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'Twas there that you whispered tenderly |
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That you loved me |
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You'd always be |
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My Lili of the lamplight |
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My own Lili Marlene |
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Time would come for roll call |
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Time for us to part |
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Darling I'd caress you |
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And press you to my heart |
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And there neath that far off lantern light |
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I'd hold you tight |
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We'd kiss good night |
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My Lili of the lamplight |
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My own Lili Marlene |
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Orders came for sailing |
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Somewhere over there |
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All confined to barracks |
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'Twas more than I could bear |
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I knew you were waiting in the street |
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I heard your feet |
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But could not meet |
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My Lili of the lamplight |
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My own Lili Marlene |
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Resting in our billet |
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Just behind the line |
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Even though we're parted |
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Your lips are close to mine |
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You wait where that lantern softly gleamed |
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Your sweet face seems |
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To haunt my dreams |
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My Lili of the lamplight |
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My own Lili Marlene |
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My Lili of the lamplight |
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My own Lili Marlene. |
