The Unquiet Grave

	  		
Intro C   

verse 1 
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Cold blows the wind to my true love 
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And gently drops the rain 
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I've never had but one true love 
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And in green-wood he lies slain 

verse 2 
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I'll do as much for my true love 
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As any young girl may 
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I'll sit and mourn all on his grave 
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For a- twelve month and a day 

verse 3 
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And when twelve months and a day was passed 
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The ghost did rise and speak 
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"Why sittest thou all on my grave 
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And will not let me sleep? " 

verse 4 
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"Go fetch me water from the desert 
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And blood from out of a stone 
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Go fetch me milk from a fair maid's breast 
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That a young man never has known. " 

Verse 5 
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"How oft on yonder grave, sweetheart 
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Where we were wont to walk 
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The fairest flower that e'er I saw 
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Has withered to a stalk." 

Verse 6 
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"The stalk is withered and dead, sweetheart 
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The flower will never return. 
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And since I've lost my own true love 
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What can I do but yearn." 

Verse 7 
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"When will we meet again, sweetheart. 
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When will we meet again? " 
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"When the autumn leaves that fall from the trees 
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Are green and spring up again."