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There's a little rosewood casket 

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Resting on a marble stand 

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With a packet of old love letters 

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Written by my true love's hand 

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Go and bring them to me, sister 

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Read them o'er for me tonight 

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I have often tried by could not 

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For the tears that filled my eyes 

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When I'm dead and in my casket 

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When I gently fall asleep 

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Fall asleep to wake in heaven 

D7                        G 
Dearest sister do not weep 

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Take his letters and his locket 

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Place them gently on my heart 

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But this golden ring that he gave me 

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From my finger never part