Lilli Marlene (Diatonic)

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//:  Un--der--neath the  lan-tern /
   Time would come  for roll call,/

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 by  the bar-rack gate /
time for us  to   part,/

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dar-ling  I   re-mem - ber the/
dar-ling I'd car-ress  you and/

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 way  you used to wait, 'twas/
press you  to  my heart; and /
 
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there  that  you whis-pered/ten-der--ly,  that/
there 'neath that far  off/lan-tern light, I'd/

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 you lov'd me,  you'd/al---ways  be,  }   my/
hold  you tight, we'd/kiss Good night,}   "

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Lil-li of the/lamp-light, my/own Lil-li Mar-/

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Lene.  /    /    :// (back to 2nd verse)

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3rd v. //:  Or-ders came for sail-ing/
4th v      Rest-ing  in   a   bil-let

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some-where ov--er there,/
just  be--hind the line,/

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all con-fined to  bar-racks was/
 ev-en  tho' were  part-ed your/

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more than   I  could bear;   I/
lips  are close to   mine;  you/

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knew  you  were wait-ing / in the street,   I /
wait where that  lan-tern/soft-ly gleams, your/ 

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heard your feet,  but/could not meet;  } my/
sweet face seems, to /haunt my dreams, } " /

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Lil-li of the/lamp-light my/own Lil-li Mar-/lene/


Yours Harmusman