Darling Nellie Across The Sea

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    Oh, the night was dark and stormy, when this me….ssage came to me,
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    it was from my darling Nellie, who is far        across the sea.
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    Oh dear Jack, I know I'm dying, I've no friends nor parents nigh,
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    but remember, dearest Jackie, there's a home       for us on high.

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    Oh dear mother, I must leave you, I must go        across the sea,
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    I must find my darling Nellie, who so dea…...rly cared for me.
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   I was wandering through the grave yard, when I found where Nellie lay,
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    it was there my heart was broken, it was there       I knelt and prayed.

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    Now I'm left alone in sadness on the fields        of flowery Spain,
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    and the girl I love is sleeping in the cold        and silent grave.
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    Lay me where my Nellie's sleeping, close beside her let me lie,
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    where the blooming flowers are creeping,
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    there, oh lay        me, when I die.