Neath The Old Chestnut Tree (chrom)

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'NEATH THE OLD CHESTNUT TREE
Trad folk
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My way-far-ing ways took me a-way
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From the girl I loved so true
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I kissed her on the cheek
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'Neath the old chest-nut tree
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When I bid her a-dieu
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The road I did ride was full of tears
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I was so lone-some I could cry
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Now I think of that girl 
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'Neath the old chest-nut tree
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As I lay down to die
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So bu-ry me 'neath the old chest-nut tree
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That we carved our names up-on
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And this lone-some old cow-boy
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Will fi-n'lly rest in peace
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And that tree will still stand
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When I'm gone
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I'll lie 'neath the old chest-nut tree