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[A]Oh the night was dark and stormy
When this mess[E]age came to [A]me
It was from my darling Nellie
Who is [E]far across the [A]sea
[D]Oh dear Jack I know I'm [A]dying
I've no friends or parents [E]nigh
But re[A]member dearest Jackie
There's a [E]home for us on [A]high
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Oh dear mother I must leave you
I must go across the sea
I must find my darling Nellie
Who so dearly cared for me
I was wondering through the grave yard
When found where Nellie lay
It was there my heart was broken
It was there I knelt and prayed
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Now I'm left alone in sadness
On the fields the flowers wave
And the girl I love is sleeping
In the cold and silent grave
Lay me where my Nellie's sleeping
Close beside her let me lie
Where the blooming flowers are creeping
There oh lay me when I die