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I pondered on those days gone by
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as I sat beside the mill
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and gazed upon the setting sun
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as it sank beneath the hill
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I gazed on it once more me boys,
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'twas the very sight I’ve seen
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well it's just the same now as it was
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when we were sweet sixteen
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Oh how I long for those bright days
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to come again once more
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But come again they never will for
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now I’m sixty-four
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I went a little further on
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as up the hill I walked,
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I sat down on that very spot
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where we of'times sat and talked
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we talked about those happy days
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so blissful and serene
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we talked about those happy days
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when we were sweet sixteen
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Oh how I long for those bright days
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to come again once more
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But come again they never will for
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now I’m sixty-four
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Well the past is past and she's gone
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on earth we'll meet no more
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ah, but we will meet in heaven above
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on that eternal shore
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and when we meet we’ll part no more
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we both will reign supreme
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no more to sing of days gone by
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when we were sweet sixteen
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Oh how I long for those bright days
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to come again once more
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But come again they never will for
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now I’m sixty-four