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    Near a quiet country village stood a maple on the hill,
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    there I sat with my Geneva long ag….o.
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    When the stars were shining brightly we could hear the whippoorwill,
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    and we vowed to love each other evermore.

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    Don't forget me, little darling, when they've  laid me down to rest,
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    just one little wish, darling, that I pr.….ay.
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    As I linger there in sadness thinking, darling, of the past,
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    let your teardrops kiss the flowers on my grave.

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    We would sing love songs together when the birds had gone to rest,
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    we would listen to the murmur of the h…...ill.
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    Will you love me, little darling, as you did that starry night,
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    as we sat beneath the maple on the hill.

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    I will soon be with the angels on that bright and peaceful shore,
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    even now I hear them coming o'er the h…...ill.
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    So goodbye, my little darling, it is time for us to part,
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    I must leave you and the maple on the hill.