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1. The twilight softly gathered round my home among the hills.
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and all nature soon will settle down to rest,
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while I sit and sadly ponder and my heart with longing fills,
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as I often think of one that I love best.
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2. We were wedded in the springtime and our hearts, they knew no pain,
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fair nature seemed to smile on us that day,
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now she sleeps beneath the lilacs and she'll ne'er come back again,
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where the silver Colorado wends its way.
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There's a sob on every breeze and a sigh comes from the trees,
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and the mockingbirds, they sing a sadder way,
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for the flowers creep no more 'round my cheerless cabin door,
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where the silver Colorado wends its way.
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3. The silver snow is gleaming on your distant mountainside,
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where often used to wander Nell and I,
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and the birds are singing gaily in the valley far below,
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where I long some day to lay me down and die.
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4. Then our lives were gay and happy in the shadow of the hills,
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my heart beats fonder for her day by day,
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and I feel her presence near me, as I sit alone tonight,
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where the silver Colorado wends its way.
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There's a sob on every breeze, and a sigh comes from the trees,
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and the mockingbirds, they sing a sadder way,
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for the flowers creep no more 'round my cheerless cabin door,
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where the silver Colorado wends its way.