I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart

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    Last night I told my heart's love all under the pale blue sky,
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    eagerly waiting an answer I plainly could read in her eyes.
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    I love you, sweetheart, I love, and ask you to be my bride,
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    her face turned pale and she trembled, and sadly to me she replied

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I cannot be your sweetheart, I cannot stay by your side,
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one is waiting up yonder, one that's claiming his bride.
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My heart is almost broken, your vows only add to my pain,
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I love you, sweetheart, I love you, though we may never meet again.

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    We said goodbye in the moonlight, my heart was turned to stone,
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    one blissful hour was made happy, but now I'm sad and lone.
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    Amidst my sorrows forever, though you may go far away,
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    where ever you go I love you, but still I can hear you say