| Joe took me to the pictures the other evenin', it was fine
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| They called it The Betrayal, and the actin' was devine
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| It’s the best film that they’ve had for years around ???
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| And it’s a good job I took me hankerchief with me when I left home
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| Oh-oh-oh-oh, it was a lovely picture and I did enjoy it so
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| Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life
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| When the villains seized the maiden everybody shouted «oh»
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| Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life
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| He told her that he’d wed her, ha-ha-ha, then enticed her on his yacht
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| And then he got her tied up in a proper sailor’s knot
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| Then he kissed her twice, the dirty dog, upon her beauty spot
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| Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life
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| It takes a lot to make me cry but oh dear, when I start
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| And think of what that girl went through I’m like a water cart
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| I see her eyes, I hear her voice at night when I’m in bed
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| And here’s a scene I’ll never never get out of me head
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| As she faced the blinding snow storm and came searching through the town
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| Oh-oh-oh-oh, I never cried so much in all my life
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| Oh, and when I saw her carrying their baby upside down
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| Oh…, I’ve never cried so much in all my life
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| She lingered near the Rose and Crown, the wind was howlin' wild
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| When up the village street, there came the father of her child
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| So she tapped him for a tenna, for a pint of Old and Mild
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| Oh…, I’ve never cried so much in all me life
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| The villain called on her one night, she was his one desire, ha-ha yeah
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| And because she wouldn’t stand for him, what do you think he did, heh
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| What do you think he did, hah, set the house on fire
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| She rushed towards the window with her face all pale and sad
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| But the vil |