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You ask me why I look so sad, On this bright summer's day

And why the tears are in my eyes, And I seem so far away

Well sit yourself beside me love, And put your hand in mine

And I'll tell you of someone I loved, Long long before your time

Well I'm sitting here and thinking of, Those days, So long ago

When I was just a child like you, And the girl I used to know

Through fields of green,We laughed and played,And sang our merry rhymes

Oh summer days were warmer then, Long long before your time

Through childhood years, Our love did bloom,

'Till our hearts were just as one

And we promised each eternal love, In the church below the town

We settled in this little house, I was proud to call her mine

Oh we were young and happy then, Long long before your time

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One lovely year was all we had, Until the sickness came

And stole the roses from her cheeks, My tears they fell like rain

For nine long months, She carried you, But in the end she died

She chose to go, So you might live, Long long before your time

So you ask me why I look so sad, On this bright summers day

And why the tears are in my eyes, And I seem so far away

It's just you seem a lot like her, When your eyes look into mine

And you smile, So much like she did, Long long before your time

And you smile, So much like she did, Long long before your time