Down By A Shady Brook

Down by a Shady Brook
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Down by a shady brook,
By a swift running stream
Sat a maid and her lover,
Both happy as a dream;
All nature seemed to rest
As the birds sang their lay,
He told her he loved her
Culled her his queen of May
Netther in their tryating
Saw a malden fail
Yet in her heart she loved him,
Loved him the best of all

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I love you best of all,
Better than all this world:
Those are the words that were spoken,
Those are the words she heard
With your dear arms about me
I care mot what befall
Surely, dear, you do not doubt me,
I love you best of all

She wandered from her home,
Thla malden all forlorn, In her heart kept her secret
Of a love left unborn
She came upon these lovers
Unconscious of her woo
And hear him say I love yo you
Just as she turned to go
She would keep her secret
Which no time could pall,
Yet in her heart she loved him,
Loved him the best of alls
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