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IfMarch 1866If he would come to-day, to-day, to-day, O, what a day to-day would be! But now he’s away, miles and miles away From me across the sea.O little bird, flying, flying, flying To your nest in the warm west, Tell him as you pass that I am dying, As you pass home to your nest.I have a sister, I have a brother, A faithful hound, a tame white dove; But I had another, once I had another, And I miss him, my love, my love!In this weary world it is so cold, so cold, While I sit here all alone; I would not like to wait and to grow old, But just to be dead and gone.Make me fair when I lie dead on my bed, Fair where I am lying: Perhaps he may come and look upon me dead— He for whom I am dying. Dig my grave for two, with a stone to show it, And on the stone write my name; If he never comes, I shall never know it, But sleep on all the same.

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