====== #1257 - Dear Old Pal of Mine ======
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    *Lt. Gitz Rice, 1918
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
My heart is grieving,\\
I must be leaving,\\
Leaving you, pal of mine;\\
Duty is calling,\\
Tho' tears be falling,\\
I must away, dear pal of mine.\\
Leave I am taking,\\
Tho' hearts be breaking\\
Under a parting smile;\\
Tho' you regret me,\\
Do not forget me,\\
We will meet again in afterwhile.\\
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Goodbye, goodbye, dear old pal of mine,\\
Think of me some time,\\
When you're lonesome for the one who'll love you,\\
Thro' all rain or shine;\\
Cheer up, dearie, we will meet again,\\
Then our hearts won't pain,\\
I'll return again my love,\\
Sure as stars are up above;\\
So goodbye, dear pal of mine!\\
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Stars are a-peeping,\\
Silently keeping\\
Watch from the skies above;\\
Moonlight is beaming\\
A maiden dreaming,\\
She's dreaming of that long lost love.\\
Night birds are calling,\\
Her tears are falling,\\
To him her heart's still true;\\
Tho' she's forsaken,\\
Her heart is breaking,\\
For he wrote, "I'll ne'er return to you."\\
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    *Harold Athol Robé (1881-1946), 1918