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Intro

The last leaf clings to the bough

Just one leaf, that's all there is now

And my last hope lives with that

lonely leaf, lonely leaf

With the last leaf that clings to the bough.

Last summer beneath this tree

My love said she'd come back to me

Before the leaves of autumn touched

the ground, touched the ground

My love promised she's be homeward bound.

Chorus

Then one by one the leaves began to fall,

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And now that winter's come to call.

The last leaf that clings to the bough

Just one leaf, that's all there is now.

Will my last hope fall with that

lonely leaf, lonely leaf?

With the last leaf, the last leaf,

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With the last leaf that clings to the bough

Bough, bough, bough . . . (FADE)