INTRO: G
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Girl with hair of flaming red
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Seeking perfect lover
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For to lie down on her feather bed
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Soft secrets to uncover
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Must be gentle, must be strong
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With disposition sunny
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Just as faithful as the day is long
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And careful with his money
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And so the open letter read
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The news boy did deliver
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Three months later plans were made to wed
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Down by the King James river
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Lo, the season may come
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Lo, the season may go
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What love has joined together
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Will forever be made whole
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When the Master calls the roll
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Oh my darling will you leave?
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Take me to the altar
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I don't have strength to watch you as you leave
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But my love will never falter
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Oh, my darling Mary Anne
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The march to war is calling
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Somewhere far across these southern lands
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Are bands of brothers falling
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My tender bride, the tides demand
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That I leave you with your mother
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With my father's rifle in one hand
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And your locket in the other
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Lo, the season may come
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Lo, the season may go
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Beware the storm clouds gather
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Take heed, dear mortal soul
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When the Master calls the roll
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But can this union be preserved?
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The soldier boy was crying
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I will never travel back to her
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But not for lack of trying
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It's a love of one true heart at last
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That made the boy a hero
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But a rifle ball and a cannon blast
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Cut him down to zero
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Oh Virginia whence I came
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I'll see you when I'm younger
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And I'll know you by your hills again
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This time from six feet under
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Lo, the season may come
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Lo, the season may go
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What man has torn asunder
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Will someday be made whole
C G
When the Master calls the roll
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Though the storm clouds gather
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Let the Union be made whole
C G
When the Master calls the roll
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