| My moon shines so softly
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| On the hair of my killer
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| Pour flowers on his head
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| Help me give him some shelter
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| Come, lie by the river
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| Rest your head, don’t you fear
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| Then sleep softly, my baby
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| They won’t find you here
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| And Daddy forgive them
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| They’ve taken and murdered all that he loved
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| He came with a gun, his mind all undone
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| Now he’s weepin', they wanna hang him at morning
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| Pretty stars drop your wonder
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| On the eyes of my killer
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| Blind him with love light
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| Help me give him some shelter
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| Come, lie by the river
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| Rest your head, don’t you fear
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| Then sleep softly, my baby
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| They won’t find you here
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| And Daddy forgive them
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| They’ve taken and murdered all that he loved
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| He came with a gun, his mind all undone
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| Now he’s weepin', they wanna hang him at morning.
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| I will die on a mountain
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| When the evening is falling
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| Kill softly, my baby
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| For I’ll rise in the morning
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| Come, take me by the river
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| Bring your gun don’t, you fear
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| Then sleep quiet, my baby
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| They won’t find my body here
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| And Daddy forgive them
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| They’ve taken and murdered all that he loved
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| He came with a gun his mind all undone
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| Now he’s weepin', they wanna hang him at morning |