I cannot be your sweetheart    (intro)

 

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1. Last night I told my heart's love all under the pale blue sky,

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    eagerly waiting an answer I plainly could read in her eyes.

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    I love you, sweetheart, I love, and ask you to be my bride,

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    her face turned pale and she trembled, and sadly to me she replied :

 

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I cannot be your sweetheart, I cannot stay by your side,

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one is waiting up yonder, one that's claiming his bride.

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My heart is almost broken, your vows only add to my pain,

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I love you, sweetheart, I love you, though we may never meet again.

 

 

+ repeat CHORUS as instrumental

 

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2. We said goodbye in the moonlight, my heart was turned to stone,

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    one blissful hour was made happy, but now I'm sad and lone.

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    Amidst my sorrows forever, though you may go far away,

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    where ever you go I love you, but still I can hear you say :

 

+ CHORUS

 

Recorded  12/11/34 Camden, NJ

 

    (The Carter Family)