[Verse 1]
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How oft do my thoughts in their fancy take flight
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To the home of my childhood away,
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To the days when each patriot's vision seem'd bright
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Ere I dreamed that those joys should decay.
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When my heart was as light as the wild winds that blow
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Down the Mardyke through each elm tree,
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Where we sported and play'd 'neath the green leafy shade
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On the banks of my own lovely Lee.
[Verse 2]
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And then in the springtime of laughterr and song
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Can I ever forget the sweet hours?
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With the friends of my youth as we rambled along
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'Mongst the green mossy banks and wild flowers.
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Then too, when the evening sun's sinking to rest
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Sheds its golden light over the sea
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The maid with her lover the wild daisies pressed
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On the banks of my own lovely Lee
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The maid with her lover the wild daisies pressed
G7 C
On the banks of my own lovely Lee