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D  G  A Bm  A
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[Verse]
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A widow was walking all by the millstream
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A young man he saw her and started to dream
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He dreamed of her beauty, he dreamed of her love
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And he had a thought, he had a thought
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He had a thought how to have her

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He's crept up beside her and softly he said
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Come lie down beside me and don't be afraid
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I'll love you and please you and be your tonight
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And drive out all cares, and drive out all cares
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And drive out all cares 'til the morning

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"No, no", said the widow, she stood in surprise
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But his words they had warmed her and brightened her eyes
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His dream pressed around them, he kissed her awhile
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And then they lay down, and then they lay down
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And then they lay down in the evening

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In the cooler light of morning, he woke from the dream
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He saw the sad widow in her weeds, dark and mean
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His fickle love vanished in the blink of an eye
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And he's wandered away, he's wandered away
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He's wandered away to some other

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So come all you women that hunger for love
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Don't listen to dreamers, for sadly it's true
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That dreams are as nothing, they fade with the dawn
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And can't be recalled, and can't be recalled
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And can't be recalled in the morning
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And can't be recalled in the morning