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Title
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There is a tavern in the town
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Singer
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Lee, Lucy Jane Mrs.
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
There is a tavern in yonder town,
Where my young man is sitting down;
He takes a another girl on his knee,
And don't you think it's a grief to me?
Verse 2
A grief to me, I'll tell you for why,
Because she has got more gold than I;
Her gold will fade, her beauty will die,
And she'll become a poor girl like I.
Verse 3
Her father came home, one stormy night,
And asked him for his daughter bright;
He went upstairs and opened the door,
And saw her hanging from a cord.
Verse 4
He took a knife and cut her down,
And in her bosom a note he found;
And on this note these words were wrote -
'My sweetheart knows that my heart is broke.
Verse 5
Dig me a grave, so long and deep,
And bury me under the lilies so sweet;
Put on my grave a turtle dove,
To show the world that I died in love.'
