Sweet Fern

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    Springtime is coming, sweet lonesome bird,
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    your echo in the woodland I hear.

     Down in the meadow so lonesome your singing,
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    while the moonlight is shining so clear.

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    But I know he's away in a far distant land,
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    a land that is over the sea.

    Go fly to him singing your sweet little song.
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    and tell him to come back to me.

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Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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oh tell me, is my darling still true.

Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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I'll be just as happy as you.

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    Oh, tell me sweet fern, is he thinking of me,
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    and the promise he made long ago.

    He said he'd return from over the sea,
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    oh why do the years roll so slow.

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    I know he's away in a far distant land,
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    a land that is over the sea.

    Go fly to him singing your sweet little song.
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    and tell him to come back to me.

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Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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oh tell me, is my darling still true.

Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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I'll be just as happy as you.

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    Upon my finger he placed a small ring
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    on the day he was leaving his home .

    I promised I'd be his own little girl,
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    and love him wherever he'd roam.

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    I know he's away in a far distant land,
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    a land that is over the sea.

    Go fly to him singing your sweet little song.
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    and tell him to come back to me.

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Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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oh tell me, is my darling still true.

Sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern, sweet fern,
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I'll be just as happy as you.