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So sweet, so fine, so gentle and mild

The soul of an angel, the eyes of a child

Well I do love that woman and she feels the same

She gave someone else her promise I gave someone else my name

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And from Eden to Canaan it’s many a long mile

We are only sojourners just here for a while

So sweet, so fine, her hair so black

She smiled as I passed her I stopped and I turned back

I wish I’d kept moving cause who can I blame

She would never break her promise I would not take back my name

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So sweet, so fine, a tear in her eye

I’ll always remember her words of goodbye

You have danced in my heart and I’ll not be the same

Though I’ll never have her promise and she’ll never have my name

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