| The pale moon was rising
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| Above the green mountain;
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| The sun was declining
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| Beneath the blue sea
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| When i strayed with my love
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| To the pure crystal fountain
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| That stands in the beautiful
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| Vale of Tralee
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| She was
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| Lovely and fair
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| As the rose of the summer
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| Yet 'twas not her beauty
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| Alone the won me
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| Oh, no! |
| 'twas the truth
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| In her eye ever dawning
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| That made me love Mary
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| The rose of Tralee
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| The cool shades of evening
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| Their mantle was spreading
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| And Mary, all smiling
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| Was listening to me
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| The moon through the valley
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| Her pale rays was shedding
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| When i won the heart
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| Of the rose of Tralee
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| Though
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| Lovely and fair
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| As the rose of the summer
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| Yet 'twas not her beauty
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| Alone the won me
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| Oh, no! |
| 'twas the truth
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| In her eye ever dawning
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| That made me love Mary
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| The rose of Tralee |