| I wish I had someone to love me,
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| Someone to call me their own,
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| Someone to stay with me al- ways,
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| I’m weary of being alone.
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| Meet me tonight in the moon- light,
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| Meet me tonight all alone;
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| I have a sad story to tell you,
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| I’ll tell by the light of the moon.
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| I wish I had someone to love me,
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| Someone to call me their own,
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| Someone to stay with me al- ways,
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| I’m weary of being alone.
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| I’ll be sent to the new jail tomor- row,
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| Leavin' my darlin' alone,
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| With the cold iron bars all around me,
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| And my head on a pillow of stone.
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| I wish I had someone to love me,
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| Someone to call me their own,
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| Someone to stay with me al- ways,
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| I’m weary of being alone.
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| Tonight is our last night toget- her,
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| The nearest and dearest must part,
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| For all that has bound us toget- her,
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| Is quickly being torn apart.
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| I wish I had someone to love me,
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| Someone to call me their own,
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| Someone to stay with me al- ways,
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| I’m weary of being alone.
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| I have a large ship on the o- cean,
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| All laden with silver and gold,
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| And before my poor darlin' will suf- fer,
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| That ship will be anchored and sold.
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| I wish I had someone to love me,
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| Someone to call me their own,
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| Someone to stay with me al- ways,
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| I’m weary of being alone.
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| I wish I had wings of a spar- row,
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| For those prison walls I must flee;
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| I’d fly to the arms of my true love,
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| And bring her home safety to me.
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| I wish I had someone to love me,
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| Someone to call me their own,
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| Someone to stay with me al- ways,
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| I’m weary of being alone.
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| I’m weary of being alone. |