YRB no. 12         --  She Was My Girl  --    (C) 1999 Ion Mittler

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             : (Y.)  There  was a  girl       cute  as a  pearl, :
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:      she   was my   lov- er,         I    real-ly  liked her!  :
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:       Then   just one   day            she    came to   say    :
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:      she  wants a-  no-ther,        shor- ter  or   tal- ler!  :
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:      She   would-n't   care,         dark   or blonde   hair,  :
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:    as  long as  he'd be    smart.   Was     she a-  ware   of  :
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:  my des-pair, how this  ca-la- mi-ty  breaks my  heart?        :
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:       She    was  my    girl,          cute    as  a   pearl,  :
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:       we  were two  lov-ers,        hug-  ging each  oth-er.   :
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:       That   was  my    girl,          my     who- le  world!  :
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:       I  thought we'd  mar-ry,        I  dreamt I'd   car-ry   :
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:       this   da- ugh-   ter             to     a-  l-   tar,   :
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:    and buy with her a    home.  But now she  doe-sn't care  of :
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: my des-pair as she  non-cha-lant-ly  breaks my  heart!        ::
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