The birds were singing of you
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1. Last night the pale moon was shining, last night when all was still,
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I was wandering alone in
sadness out among the woodland hills.
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2. I heard the birds a-singing out among the trees and views,
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and
all the birds, my darling, were singing, were singing of you.
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Were singing, singing of you, my love were singing, singing of you,
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and all the birds, my darling
were singing, were singing of you.
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3. I think of you in the daytime, I dream of you by night,
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I wake and wish you was here, love, and tears are blinding my sight.
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4. The flowers that slumber so sweetly, the stars are above the blue,
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oh,
heaven itself, my darling, is thinking, is thinking of you.
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Is thinking, thinking of you, my love, is thinking, thinking of you,
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E
oh, heaven itself, my darling, is
thinking, is thinking of you.
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5. I open my window so gently, look down on the
dreaming view,
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and
all the world, my darling, was sighing, was sighing for you.
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Was sighing, sighing for you, my love, was sighing, sighing for you,
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and all the world , my darling, was
sighing, was sighing for you.
(The Carter Family)