1880 Or So

Oh, rose of my heart, can't you see?
 I don't belong to misery
 Though she speaks fine with subtle art
 Such misery clothes the rose of my heart
 Now what I see in the long twilight
 A star falls down on a hill so white
 On a hill so white
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 A face that glows in a golden hue
 No one in this world knows what they do
 I take my oath and I make my vow
 For the tender things are upon me now
 In the fragrance sweet of the evening air
 I could leave this world
 Quite without a care
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 Oh, rose of my heart, the vision dims
 The time is brief, now the shadow swims
 A bow for you, a real fine hat
 'Cause that's for you and that's where it's at
 Now what I see in the long twilight
 A star falls down on a hill so white
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 Oh, rose of my heart
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 Oh, rose of my heart
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 Oh, rose of my heart