Bob Dylan - Self portrait - Belle Isle
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One evenin', for pleasure, I rambled to view
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The fair fields all alone,
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Down by the banks of Loch Erin,
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Where beauty and pleasure were known.
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I spied a fair maid at her labors,
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Which caused me to stay for a while,
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And I thought of this goddess of beauty,
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Bloomin' bright star of Belle Isle.
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I humbled my self to her beauty.
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"fair maiden where do you belong?
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Are you from heaven descended,
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F biding in Cupid's fair throne?"
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"young man i will tell you a secret.
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It's true I'm a maid that is poor
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And to part from my vows and my promise,
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That's more then my heart can endure."
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"there fore, I remain at my service,
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And go through all my hard ship and toil,
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And wait for the lad that has left me
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All alone on the banks of Belle Isle."
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"Young maiden, I wish not to banter.
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'Tis true I come here in disguise.
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I came to fulfill our last promise,
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And hope to give you a surprise."
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"I've known you're a maid I love dearly
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And you've been in my heart all the while.
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For me there is no other damsel
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Than my blooming bright star of Belle Isle."
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