Little Girl That Played Upon My Knee(Chords)

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    Many years have passed away and gone, 
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    since I left my old native home, 
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    since I left the scenes of my childhood there, 
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    where the dark days seem to roam. 

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    I left my aged father there, 
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    and my mother so dear unto me, 
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    I left a brother and a sister fair, 
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    and a little girl that played upon my knee. 

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    Don't Ginny remember, will she e?er forget 
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    those many hours of pleasure to me. 
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    Does she sigh when she thinks of those many happy hours, 
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    when a little girl she played upon my knee ? 

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    I am homeward bound with the thrills of joy 
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    of my wandering so far o'er the sea. 
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    I shall soon see my home, my old native home 
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    and the little girl that played upon my knee. 

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    I am tired of life, I cannot live, 
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    in this dark world so weary unto me. 
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    Come bury me low by the one I love so well, 
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    by the little girl that played upon my knee.