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SONGS OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
56. HOW CAN I LEAVE THEE.
(B flat.)
How can I leave thee,
How can I from thee part? Thou only hast my heart,
Dear one, believe.
Thou hast this soul of mine So closely bound to thine,
No other can I love,
Save thee alone.
57. SWEET GENEVIEVE.
(F.)
O, Genevieve, I'd give the world
To live again the lovely past! The rose of youth was dew im-pearled;
But now it withers in the blast. I see thy face in every dream
My waking thoughts are full of thee; Thy glance is in the starry beam
That falls along the summer sea. O Genevieve, sweet Genevieve,
The days may come, the days may go, But still the hands of mem'ry weave The blissful dreams of long ago. Fair Genevieve, my early love,
The years but make thee dearer far! My heart shall never, never rove;
Thou art my only guiding star. For me the past has no regret,
Whatever the years may bring to me; I bless the hour when first we met,
The hour that gave me love and thee!
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