| I met you in a garden in an old Kentucky town
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| The sun was shining down
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| You wore a gingham gown
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| I kissed you as I placed a yellow tulip in your hair
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| Upon my coat you pinned a rose so rare
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| Time has not changed your loveliness
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| You’re just as sweet to me
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| I love you yet, I can’t forget the days that used to be
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| When you wore a tulip, a sweet yellow tulip
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| And I wore a big red rose
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| When you caressed me, 'twas then Heaven blessed me
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| What a blessing, no one knows
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| You made life cheery when you called me dearie
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| 'Twas down where the blue grass grows
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| Your lips were sweeter then julep when you wore that tulip
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| And I wore a big red rose
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| When you wore a tulip, a sweet yellow tulip
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| And I wore a big red rose
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| When you caressed me, 'twas then Heaven blessed me
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| What a blessing, no one knows
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| You made life cheery when you called me dearie
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| 'Twas down where the blue grass grows
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| Your lips were sweeter then julep when you wore that tulip
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| And I wore a big red rose |