Foreverly

Norah Jones

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                           "Roving Gambler"
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I am a roving gambler I gambled all around

Whenever I meet with a deck of cards

  B            F#
I lay my money down

                   B
Lay my money down, lay my money down


F#
I had not been in Washington many more weeks than three

I met up with a pretty little girl

    B                 F#
She fell in love with me

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Fell in love with me, fell in love with me


F#
She took me in her parlour, she cooled me with her fan

She whispered low in her mother's ear

  B                  F#
I love that gambling man

                        B
Love that gambling man, love that gambling man


F#
Oh daughter oh dear daughter how can you treat me so?

Leave your dear old mother

    B              F#
And with a gambler go

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With a gambler go, with a gambler go


F#
My mother oh dear mother you can not understand

If you ever see me a coming back

     B                  F#
I'll be with a gambling man

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With a gambling man, with a gambling man


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I left her here in El Paso and I wound up in Maine

I met up with a gambling man

B              F#
Got in a poker game

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Got in a poker game, got in a poker game


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We put our money in the pot and dealt the cards around

I saw him deal from the bottom of the deck

      B                 F#
And I shot that gambler down

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Shot the gambler down, shot the gambler down


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Well, now I'm in the jailhouse got a number for my name

The Warden said as he locked the door

      B                  F#
You've gambled your last game

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Gambled your last game, gambled your last game


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I am a roving gambler I gambled all around

Whenever I meet with a deck of cards

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I lay my money down

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Lay my money down, lay my money down


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                            "Long Time Gone"
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You cheated me

And made me lonely

I tried to be

          B
Your very own


              A
There'll be a day

               E
You'll want me only

           B
But when I leave

                    E
I'll be a long time gone


               A
Be a long time gone

               E
Be a long time gone

            B
Yes, when I leave

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I'll be a long time gone


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You're gonna be sad

You're gonna be weepin'

You're gonna be blue

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And all alone


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You'll regret the day

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You seen me leavin'

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'Cause when I leave

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I'll be a long time gone


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Be a long time gone

               E
Be a long time gone

            B
Yes, when I leave

                    E
I'll be a long time gone


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You'll see my face

Through tears and sorrow

You'll miss the love

                B
You called your own


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Baby, there'll be

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No tomorrow

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'Cause when I leave

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I'll be a long time gone


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Be a long time gone

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Be a long time gone

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Yes, when I leave

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I'll be a long time gone


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Be a long time gone

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Be a long time gone

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Yes, when I leave

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I'll be a long time gone

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Yes, when I leave

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I'll be a long time gone


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                           "Lightning Express"
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The lightning express from the depot so grand

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Had started out on its way

All of the passengers that were on board

A                      D7
Seemed to be happy and gay


   G
But one little boy who sat by himself

    C                   G
Was reading a letter he had

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You could plainly tell by the look on his face

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That the contents of it made him sad


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The stern old conductor then started his round

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Taking tickets from everyone there

And finally reaching the side of the boy

   A                    D7
He gruffly demanded his fare


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"I have no ticket" the boy then replied

          C                G
"But I'll pay you back someday"

          C                   G
"Then I'll put you off at the next stop we make"

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But he stopped when he heard the boy say


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"Please Mr. Conductor

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Don't put me off of this train

The best friend I have in this world sir

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Is waiting for me in pain


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Expecting to die any moment sir

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And may not live through the day

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I wanna reach home and kiss mother goodbye

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Before God takes her away."


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G
A girl sitting near was heard to exclaim

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"If you put him off, it's a shame."

Taking his hand, a collection she made

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The boy's way was paid on the train


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"I'm obliged to you miss for your kindness to me."

        C                          G
"You're welcome," she said, "never fear."

     C                        G
Each time the conductor would pass through the car

    A                 D7          G
The boy's words would ring in his ear


G
"Please Mr. Conductor

      C                  G
Don't put me off of this train

The best friend I have in this world sir

   A                D7
Is waiting for me in pain


G
Expecting to die any moment sir

    C                        G
And may not live through the day

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I wanna reach home and kiss mother goodbye

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Before God takes her away."

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"I wanna reach home and kiss mother goodbye

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Before God takes her away."



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                    "Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine"
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In a vine covered shack in the mountains

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Bravely fighting the battle of time

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There's a dear one who's weathered my sorrows

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This is that silver haired daddy of mine


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If I could recall all the heartaches

          B                         F#
Dear old daddy, I've caused you to bear

   C#                   F#
If I could erase those lines from your face

      G#                         C#
And bring back the gold to your hair


    F#
If God would but grant me the power

                                C#
Just to turn back the pages of time

     F#               B
I'd give all I own if I could but atone

         F#            C#       F#
To that silver haired daddy of mine


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I know it's too late, dear old Daddy

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To repay for the sorrows and cares

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Though dear Mother is waiting in Heaven

          F#         C#          F#
Just to comfort and solace you there


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If I could recall all the heartaches

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Dear old daddy, I've caused you to bear

   C#                   F#
If I could erase those lines from your face

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And bring back the gold to your hair


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If God would but grant me the power

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Just to turn back the pages of time

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I'd give all I own if I could but atone

         F#            C#       F#
To that silver haired daddy of mine


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I'd give all I own if I could but atone

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To that silver haired daddy of mine


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                      "Down In The Willow Garden"
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Down in the willow garden

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Where me and my love did meet

A                F#m
As we sat a-courtin'

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My love fell off to sleep

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I had a bottle of Burgundy wine

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My love she did not know

A                              F#m
So I poisoned that dear little girl

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On the banks below

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I drew a sabre through her

   A            F#m
It was a bloody knife

  A                  F#m
I threw her in the river

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Which was a dreadful sign

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My father often told me

     A                  F#m
That money would set me free

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If I would murder that dear little girl

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Whose name was Rose Connelly


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My father sits at his cabin door

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Wiping his tear-dimmed eyes

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For his only son soon shall walk

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To yonder scaffold high

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My race is run, beneath the sun

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The scaffold waits for me

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For I did murder that dear little girl

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Whose name was Rose Connelly


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               "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?"
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Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet

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Who's gonna glove your little hands

D
Who's gonna kiss your ruby red lips

D      A  D
Who-oo-oo-oo


D
Papa's gonna shoe your pretty little feet

                               A
Mama's gonna glove your little hands

D
And I'm gonna kiss your ruby red lips

D      A  D
Who-oo-oo-oo


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D
Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet

                              A
Who's gonna glove your little hands

D
Who's gonna kiss your ruby red lips

D      A  D
Who-oo-oo-oo


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Papa's gonna shoe your pretty little feet

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Mama's gonna glove your little hands

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And I'm gonna kiss your ruby red lips

D      A  D
Who-oo-oo-oo


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                           "Oh So Many Years"
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All these many years I've loved you

   B
No one has ever known

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No one has ever known but you alone

     F#
I've kept it locked inside my heart

    B
And smiled through all my tears

   F#                        C#         F#
My darling, I have loved you oh so many years


F#
Each night within my lonely room

  B
I cry dear, over you

    F#                                    C#
And pray to God that things will turn out right

    F#
But when the dawn of day appears

  B
I brush away my tears

   F#                        C#         F#
My darling, I have loved you oh so many years


F# B F# C#


F# B F# C# F#


F#                            B
I'll go on pretending that my life is oh so gay

    F#                           C#
And happy dear without you by my side

     F#                               B
When all the time my heart is longing just to have you near

   F#                       C#         F#
My darling I have loved you oh so many years


F#                                        B
Maybe fate will lead us down a path where we will meet again

    F#                           C#
And then we both be free to love anew

     F#
Then one sweet kiss from your dear lips

     B
Will banish all my fears

   F#                       C#         F#
My darling I have loved you oh so many years

   F#                       C#         F#
My darling I have loved you oh so many years


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                            "Barbara Allen"
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T'was in the merry month of May

     Bb             F
When flowers were a-bloomin'

      Bb            F
Sweet Willie on his deathbed lay

                C       F
For the love of Barbara Allen


F
He sent his servant to the town

    Bb                 F
The town where she did dwell in

        Bb              F
Saying "Master dear has sent me here

                C       F
If your name is Barbara Allen"


F
Then slowly, slowly she got up

    Bb              F
And slowly she went to him

    Bb                F
And all she said when she got there

              C            F
"Young man, I think you're dying"


F
"Oh don't you remember the other day

     Bb             F
When we were in the tavern?

    Bb                       F
You drank your health to the ladies there

                 C       F
And you slighted Barbara Allen"


Bb F C F


F
He turned his face unto the wall

   Bb               F
He turned his back upon her

    Bb               F
"So long farewell to all my friends

           C       F
Be kind to Barbara Allen"


F
She looked to the east, she looked to the west

    Bb               F
She saw his corpse a-comin'

    Bb               F
"Oh sit him down for me" she cried

            C     F
"That I may gaze upon him"


F
The more she looked the more she grieved

    Bb             F
She bursted out to cryin'

        Bb             F
Sayin' "Pick me up and carry me home

                C    F
For I feel like I am dyin'"


Bb F C F


F
They buried Willie in the old churchyard

    Bb             F
And Barbara in the new one

     Bb                   F
From Willie's grave there grew a rose

               C       F
From Barbara's a green briar


F
They grew and grew to the old church wall

    Bb                F
And could not grow no higher

    Bb                   F
And there they died in a true love-knot

             C       F
The rosebush and the briar


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               "Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rockin' Chair)"
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Sitting alone in an old rocking chair

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I saw an old mother with silvery hair

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She seemed so neglected by those who should care

B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair


E                               B
Her hands were all callused and wrinkled and old

  B7                        E
A life of hard work was the story they told

                           A
And I thought of angels as I saw her there

B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair


E                           B
Bless her old heart, do you think she'd complain

       B7                         E
Though life has been bitter she'd live it again

                             A
And carry that cross that is more than her share

B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair


E                             B
It wouldn't take much just to gladden her heart

     B7                        E
Just some small remembrance on somebody's part

                            A
A letter would brighten her empty life there

B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair


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I look at her and I think "What a shame"

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The ones who forgot her she loves just the same

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And I think of angels as I see her there

B                               E
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair


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                 "I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail"
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"I'm not in your town to stay,"

       A
said a lady old and gray

       E                       A
to the warden of the penitentiary

         A
"I'm not in your town to stay

         A
And I'll soon be on my way

    E                               A
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail

   D                E                           A
Oh warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"


            A
"I tried to raise my baby right

       A
I have prayed both day and night

        E                                A
That he wouldn't follow footsteps of his dad

       A
I have searched both far and wide

      A
And I feared that he had died

       E                                A
But at last I've found my baby here in jail

   D          E                               A
Oh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail"


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        A
"It was just five years today

         A
When his daddy passed away

       E                                  A
He was found beneath the snow so cold and white

             A
T’was then I bowed to take his ring

        A
And his gold watch and his chain

         E                            A
Then the county laid his daddy in the grave

    D           E                            A
Yes warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave"


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"I will pawn you his watch

       A
I will pawn you his chain

       E                           A
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring

       A
I will wash all your clothes

       A
I will scrub all your floors

   E                            A
If that will get my baby out of jail

    D          E                            A
Yes warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"


       A
Then I heard the warden say

       A
to the lady old and gray:

         E                               A
"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"

         A
Two iron gates swung wide apart

             A
She held her darling to her heart

    E                                A
She kissed her baby boy and then she died

    D            E                                A
But smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died


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A E A


D E A


         A
"I'm not in your town to stay,"

       A
said a lady old and gray

          E                          A
"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail

    D                E                          A
Yes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"


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                              "Kentucky"
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   G
Kentucky

                                              D
You are the dearest land outside of Heaven to me

D
Kentucky

                                  G
I miss your laurel and your redbud trees


G
When I die,

                               D
I want to rest upon a graceful mountain so high

D
For that is

                        G
Where God will look for me


G
Kentucky

                                     D
I miss the old folks singing in the silvery moonlight

D
Kentucky

                              G
I miss the hound dogs chasin' coons


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G
I know that

                                              D
My mother, dad and sweetheart are waiting for me

D
Kentucky

                 G
I will be coming soon

G
Kentucky


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                       "Put My Little Shoes Away"
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Mother dear come bathe my forehead

                G#    A#
For I'm growing very weak

D#              A#          D#
Mother let one drop of water

             A#         D#
Fall upon my burning cheek


   G#                               D#
I'm going away to leave you mother darling

              G#      A#
And remember what I say

D#                A#              D#
Do this wont you please dear mother

              A#     D#
Put my little shoes away


               A#               D#
Santa Claus he brought them to me

              G#      A#
With a lot of other things

D#            A#            D#
I believe he brought an Angel

               A#      D#
With a pair of golden wings


               A#        D#
Tell my loving little playmates

              G#        A#
That I never more will play

D#                 A#        D#
Give them all my toys but mother

              A#     D#
Put my little shoes away


   G#                              D#
I'm going away to leave you mother darling

             G#     A#
And remember what I say

D#                 A#             D#
Do this wont you please dear mother

               A#       D#
Put my little shoes away
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