A little bitty tear (1961) (video) (midi)

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A little bitty tear let me down, spoiled my act as a clown,

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I had it made up not to make a frown, but a little bitty tear let me down.

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1. When you said you were leaving tomorrow, that today was our last day,

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I said there’d be no sorrow that I’d laugh when you walked away.

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2. I said I’d laugh when you left me, pull a funny as you went out the door,

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that I’d have another one waitin’, I’d wave goodbye as you go. But …

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3. Everything went like I planned it, and I really put on quite a show,

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in my heart I felt I could stand it,

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till you walked with your grip through the door. Then....

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A little bitty tear let me down, spoiled my act as a clown,

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I had it made up not to make a frown, but a little bitty tear let me down.

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A little bitty tear let me down, a little bitty tear let me down.

(midi = capo 5th)    (Burl Ives, from the Soundtrack “True Romance”)