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Song Name: Suvla Bay By: Eric Bogle
Posted By: BadgerBob Difficulty: Any
Key: G Genre: Patriotic
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2019-01-08 06:24:23 Modified: 2019-01-08 06:30:47


Song:

Suvla Bay                             

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In an old Australian homestead

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With the roses 'round the door

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A girl received a letter

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'Twas a message from the war

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With her mother's arms around her

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She gave way to so-obs and sighs

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And as she read this letter

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The tears came to her eyes

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Why do I weep, why do I pray

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My love's asleep so far away

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He played his part that April day

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And now he sleeps... on Suvla Bay

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She joined a band of sisters

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On the little cross of red

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To do her noble duty

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To her lover who now lay dead

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Many others came to woo her

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But was sadly turned away

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As she told them her sad story

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Of her love on Suvla Bay

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Why do I weep, why do I pray

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My love's asleep so far away

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He played his part that April day

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And now he sleeps... on Suvla Bay