Key: G
Introduction:
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There's a little rosewood casket
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Resting on a marble stand
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With a packet of old love letters
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Written by my true love's hand
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Gºand
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Read them o'er for me tonight
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I have often tried by could not
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For the tears that filled my eyes
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When I'm dead and in my casket
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When I gently fall asleep
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Fall asleep to wake in heaven
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Dearest sister do not weep
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Take his letters and his locket
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Place them gently on my heart
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But this golden ring that he gave me
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From my finger never part