My Antonia

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He said  Oh my love  Oh my Antonia
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You with the dark eyes and palest of skin
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Tonight I am going from Santa Maria
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Wait for me till I'm in your arms once again
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She held me  she kissed me  begged me not to leave her
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To cross on the mountain my fortune to win
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But a letter now tells me she died of a fever
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I'll never see her in this world again
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You are my sorrow   you are my splendor
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You are my shelter through storm and through strife
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You are the one I will always remember
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All off the days of my life
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I curse the ambition that took me far from her
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For a treasure not ever so fine or so fair
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As the flash of her smile or the touch of her fingers
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The fire in her heart and   the smell of her hair
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She left me a note that cried  Do not weep for me
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Behold you are with me as sure as the stars
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That rise in the evening to shine down upon me
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Behold I am with you wherever you are
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I can still hear him he calls to me only
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What once was begotten shall come to no end
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But the road is so long and the nights are so lonely
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My soul just to hold him in this world again
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You are my sorrow you are my splendor
F#                          B
You are my shelter through storm and through strife
F#                     B         E
You are the one I will always remember
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All of the days of my life
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Oh my love  Oh my Antonia
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You with the dark eyes and palest of skin
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How could I know that night in Santa Maria
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I'd never see you in this world again