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Oh Kitty, My Darling, remember
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That the doom will be mine if I stay
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'Tis far better to part, though it's hard to
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Than to rot in their prison away
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Tis far better to part, though it's hard to
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Than to rot in their prison away

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So softly he kissed her pale lips
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'Twas the same story over an o'er
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Hush mavourneen, the police are watching
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And you know that I must go ashore
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Hush mavourneen, the police are watching
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And you know that I must go ashore

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In a day now I'll be over the mountain
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There'll be time enough left for to cry
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So good night and God guard you forever
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And write to me once you get by
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So good night and God guard you forever
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And write to me once you get by

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