[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Wild Bill Was A Wild One, And He Loved A Pretty Young Philly Named Josephine
C
But One Night In A Snow Storm
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Bill Didn't Come Home, And That Was The Last Time He Would Be Seen
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He Use To Sing Her Sweet Love Songs Of Christmas,
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They Walked Hand And Hand Through The Fields
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And One Time He Picked Her A Dozen Camellias, Said I Love You For Ever
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My Sweet Josephine
[Chorus]
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Camellias For Christmas
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She Cried More Tears Than Stars Up In The Sky
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She Waited There Night After Night
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Praying Someday She Might See Him Again
[Verse]
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Now Year After Year, And Tear After Tear, She Just Couldn't Give Up On Bill
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But Her Father Was Certain That He'd Never Come Back
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Demanded She'd Marry Some Boy Named Badgewell
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Well At Church It Was Fatal With All Sorts Of Family, They Were So Happy For Her
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But She Cried Tears Of Sorrow, She Prayed That She Could Go
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Far Far Away With Her True Love Bill
[Chorus]
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Camellias For Christmas
F C G
She Cried More Tears Than Stars Up In The Sky
Am F
She Waited There Night After Night
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Praying Someday She Might See Him Again
[Verse]
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And That's When It Happened, She Heard His Horse Whinnying, She Heard His Sweet
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Love Song Again
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Camellias Started Falling, Clean Out Of The Blue Sky, And There Before Her Green Eyes
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Was Bill's Texas Grin
[Outro]
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Camellias For Christmas
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Bill Rode That Old Horse Straight Down A Lighting Bolt
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He Told Her That He'd Come Home
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As He Swept Her Up Into His Arms, Rode Off To The Stars
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Wild Bill Was A Wild One, And He Loved A Pretty Young Philly Named Josephine
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