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Where are you going, Miss Tara, Miss Tara,
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where are you going, Miss Tara Joan ?
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Yesterday when you played on the swing and the trampoline,
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you're already thinking of a life of your own.
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And I turn around twice and you're already gone.
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Who will you marry, Miss Tara, Miss Tara,
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who will you marry, Miss Tara Joan ?
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Will he have wealth and will he have fame,
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I'm sure, too, you're wonderin' just who he will be ?
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Well, that's your decision, it's not up to me.
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I hope you'll be happy, Miss Tara, Miss Tara,
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I hope you'll be happy, Miss Tara Joan !
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And that you will stay with me till you're a woman,
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and wise to the world before you're off on your own.
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You're my last baby girl and I'll be so alone.