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[00:04.28] As the lonesome scenes of winter in stormy winds to blow
[00:15.42] Clouds around the center inclined to frost and snow
[00:25.81] You're the boy that I have chosen to be my only dear
[00:36.48] Your scornful heart is frozen and drifted far I fear
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[00:47.22] One night I went to see my love, but he proved most scornfully
[00:57.92] I asked him if he'd marry me, but he would not marry me
[01:08.61] The night it is far spent, my love, it's near the break of day
[01:19.38] I am waiting for your answer, my dear, what do you say?
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[02:01.94] I can but plainly tell you, I 'll lead a single life
[02:11.84] I never thought it fitting that you should be my wife
[02:21.41] So take a civil answer and for yourself provide
[02:32.17] I have another sweetheart and you I have laid aside
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[02:42.91] Now my mind is changing that old love for the new
[02:53.61] This wide and lonesome valley I mean to ramble thru'
[03:03.30] In search of someone handsome that might my fancy fill
[03:14.02] That world is wide and lonesome, if he don't, another will.
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