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There was a wealthy merchant,
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In London he did dwell.
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He had an onli daughter,
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And the truth to you I’ll tell.
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Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 2]
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Her sweetheart left the country,
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With trouble on his mind
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A# leavin’ of his family
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And his own true love behind.
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Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 3]
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This girl, she dressed herself
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All up in men’s array
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And to the war department
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Straight way she marched away
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Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 4]
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“Your waist is slim and slender,
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Your fingers they are small,
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Your cheeks too red and rosy
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To face the cannon ball.”
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Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 5]
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“I know my waist is slender,
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My fingers they are small
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But it would not make me tremble
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To see ten thousand fall.”
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Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 6]
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When the war soon was over,
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This girl, she searched the ground
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Among the dead and wounded,
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Till her own true love she found.
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Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 7]
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This couple they got married,
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So well they did agree
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This couple, they got married
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So, why not you and me.
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Play the lily o, play the lily o.