In a country
churchyard
1. In a country churchyard there`s a preacher
with his people,
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gathered all around to join a man and woman.
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Spring is here and turtledoves are singing from the steeple,
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bees
are in the flowers, growing in the graveyard,
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and
over the hill, where the river meets the mill,
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a
lovely girl is coming down to give her hand upon her wedding day.
2. Dressed in simple white and wearing flowers
in her hair,
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music as she walks slowly to the altar.
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And
picking up his Bible then the preacher turns towards her,
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“Will you take this man to be your wedded husband,
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to
honour and to love in the eyes of God above,
now let the people
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sing
with me these words to live forever in
your hearts.“
Let
your lo.....ve shine on , for we are
the stars in the sky,
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let
your lo…...ve shine strong until the
day you fly away.
3. Many years have fallen on that golden
country morning,
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the
graveyard`s overgrown, the church it lies in ruins.
Ivy
on the walls and ravens wheeling round above me,
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as-I-made my way towards the last remaining headstone.
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I
fell to my knees, read the lines beneath the leaves, and suddenly
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it
seemed to me I heard the words like singing in the trees.
Let
your lo…..ve shine on , for we are the stars in the sky,
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let
your lo…..ve shine strong until the
day you fly
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+ CHORUS - +.......away