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| I can't answer her letter, |
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| For she left me no address. |
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| You should know my little darling, |
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| You left | my poor | heart in distress. |
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| I g | ot a letter from my darling, |
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| She said | she hated to go. |
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| It | broke my heart the words she wrote me, |
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| She clos | ed by saying | I love you so. |
| This letter meant goodbye forever, |
| Though we'll have each other's hearts. |
| Our love will fade away in sadness, |
| Precious one why do we have to part? |
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| She wrote the words she knew would hurt me, |
| She said I never could be true. |
| I've tried, I'ved tried my little darling, |
| To prove my love was just for you. |
| (Chorus) |