Neath The Old Chestnut Tree (hi-lo)

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‘NEATH THE OLD CHESTNUT TREE hi-lo
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