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Springtime is coming, sweet lonesome bird |
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Your echo in the woodland I hear |
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Down in the meadow so lonesome you're singing |
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While the moonlight is shining so clear |
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But I know he's away in a far distant land |
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A land that is over the sea |
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Go fly to him singing your sweet little song |
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And tell him to come back to me |
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Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) |
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Oh, tell me, is my darling still true |
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Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) |
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I'll be just as happy as you |
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Well, a-lee-oh-lay-ee |
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Well, a-lee-ho-lee-oh-lay-ee |
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Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh |
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Lee-oh-lay-ee |
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Oh, tell me, sweet Fern, is he thinking of me |
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And the promise he made long ago |
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He said he'd return from over the sea |
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Oh, why do the earth roll so slow |
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I know he's away in a far distant land |
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A land that is over the sea |
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Go fly to him singing your sweet little song |
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And tell him to come back to me |
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Well, a-lee-oh-lay-ee |
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Well, a-lee-ho-lee-oh-lay-ee |
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Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh |
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Lee-oh-lay-ee |
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Upon my finger he placed a small ring |
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On the day he was leaving his home |
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I promised I'd be his own dear little girl |
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And love him wherever he'd roam |
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But I know he's away in a far distant land |
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A land that is over the sea |
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Go fly to him singing your sweet little song |
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And tell him to come back to me |
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Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) |
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Oh, tell me, is my darling still true |
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Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) Sweet Fern (Sweet Fern) |
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I'll be just as happy as you |
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Well, a-lee-oh-lay-ee |
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Well, a-lee-ho-lee-oh-lay-ee |
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Yeah, lee-oh-lay-ee-hee-oh |
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Lee-oh-lay-ee |
