Dear Doctor

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1. Oh, help me, dear doctor, I`m 
damaged,   there`s a pain where 
there
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   Once was a heart. It`s 
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sleeping, it`s beating, can`t you 
please take it out
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    And preserve it right there in 
that jar
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2. Oh, help me, please, Mama, I`m 
sickening,   it`s today that`s the 
day
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     Of my plunge.  Oh, the gal,  
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I`m to marry, is a bow-legged sow
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    I`ve been soaking up drink like 
a sponge
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3. "Don`t worry, get dressed!" cried
 my mother,  as she plied me with
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    Bourbon so sour .  "Pull your 
socks on, put your suit on
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    Comb your long hair down, for 
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you will be wed in the hour."

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4. So help me, please doctor, I`m 
damaged,   there`s a pain where 
there
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   Once was a heart. It`s 
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sleeping, it`s beating, can`t you 
please take it out
        D            A        D
    And preserve it right there in 
that jar

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5. Oh, help me, dear doctor, I`m 
damaged,   there`s a pain where 
there
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   Once was a heart. It`s 
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sleeping, it`s beating, can`t you 
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please take it out
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    And preserve it right there in 
that jar

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6. I was trembling as I put on my 
jacket,   it had creases as
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    Sharp as a knife.  I put the 
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ring in my pocket, but there was a 
note
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    And my heart it jumped into my 
mouth

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7. It read, "Darling, I`m sorry to 
hurt you,   but I`ve no courage to 
speak
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    In your face.  But I`m down in
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  Virginia with your cousin Lou
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    And there`ll be no wedding 
today."
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8. Oh, help me, dear doctor, I`m 
damaged,   you can put back my heart
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    In its hole.  Oh, Mama, I`m 
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crying tears of relief
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    And my pulse is now under 
control