The Girl I Left Behind Me (chrom)

19th C. Irish folk song
Key: D
Time: 2/4

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The hour was sad, I left the maid
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A lin-g’ring fare-well tak-ing
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Her sighs and tears my steps de-layed
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I thought her heart was break-ing
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In hur-ried words her name I blessed
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I breathed the vows that bind me
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And to my heart in an-guish pressed
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The girl I left be-hind me