[ti:Daughter's Lament]
[ar:The Carolina Chocolate Drops]
[al:]
[00:00.00]The Carolina Chocolate Drops - Daughter's Lament
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[00:15.03]Come in, come in my father dear
[00:19.06]And spend this hour with me
[00:22.63]For I have a meal, a very fine meal
[00:25.54]And I fixed it up for thee, thee
[00:28.30]I fixed it up for thee
[00:30.91]
[00:32.54]No, I ain't commin' in, I ain't commin' in
[00:37.03]To spend this hour with thee
[00:40.47]For I have to go down in the mines
[00:43.23]I return this night to thee, thee
[00:46.04]I return this night to thee
[00:48.39]
[00:49.93]Did she got up her arrow and her bow
[00:54.44]Her arrow and her string
[00:57.96]And she went down to the forest deep
[01:01.06]And sweetly she did sing, sing
[01:03.76]And sweetly she did sing
[01:06.28]
[01:08.40]Up spoke, up spoke a mockingjay
[01:12.06]From a willow tree
[01:15.40]Saying You had a father in the mines
[01:18.72]Who's gone this day from thee, thee
[01:21.60]Who's gone this day from thee
[01:24.37]
[01:25.80]Woe be woe be mockingjay
[01:30.85]Woe be woe be to thee
[01:34.27]I'll send an arrow through your heart
[01:37.24] For to bring such news to me, me
[01:39.88]For to bring such news to me
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[01:44.84]Up spoke, up spoke that mockingjay
[01:48.92]Don't waste your time with me
[01:52.17]Go home and mind that pretty little girl
[01:55.20]Her father no more to see, see
[01:58.00]Her father no more to see
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[02:02.75]She went home to her house that night
[02:07.11]That house so cold and mean
[02:10.58]And she held her sister close to her side
[02:13.65]And never more did sing, sing
[02:16.48]And never more did sing
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