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Is she not the village belle?
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Is she not the reason Niagara fell?
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She knows where you hide your shame
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but she'll never tell, Oh!
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She knows where you hide your shame
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but she'll never tell
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If all the locals passing by
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Give her gifts and do their best
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to catch her eye
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Who am I to think that I could take
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her for my bride? Oh!
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Who am I to think that I could take
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her for my bride?
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The village belle, the village belle
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Oh, the village belle
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Oh, Is she not the reason for
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Which a thousand ships
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now lie on the ocean floor?
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Turn a man on his brother
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and a truce to war
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She'd turn a man on his brother
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and a truce to war
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So I went to break into her heart
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But when I got there someone else
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had picked the lock
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Turned the whole place upside down
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and then took off, Hey!
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Turned the whole place upside down
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and then took off
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The village belle, the village belle
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Oh, the village belle
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So if I am not back by three
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Carry on my dear friends
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don't come after me
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Heave away, steady on
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over the open sea, Oh!
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Heave away, steady on
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over the open sea
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She is still the village belle
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She is still the reason Niagara fell
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She knows where you hide your shame
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but she'll never tell, Oh!
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She knows where you hide your shame
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but she'll never tell
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The village belle, the village belle
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Oh, the village belle
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The village belle, the village belle
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Oh, the village belle
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The village belle, the village belle
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Oh, the village belle
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