====== #386 - Whip-Poor-Will's Song ======
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  *Composer:
    *Harrison Millard (1830-1895), 1865
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
Oh, meet me when when daylight is fading,\\
And is darkening into the night;\\
When songbirds are singing their vespers,\\
And the day has far vanished from sight;\\
And then I will tell to you, darling,\\
All the love I have cherished so long,\\
If you will but meet me at evening,\\
When you hear the first whip-poor-will's song.\\
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Whip-poor-will! Whip-poor-will!\\
You hear the first whip-poor-will's song;\\
Oh, meet me; oh, meet me,\\
When you hear the first whip-poor-will's song.\\
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'Tis said that whatever sweet feeling\\
May be throbbing within a find heart,\\
When list'ning to whip-poor-will's singing,\\
For a twelve-month will never depart;\\
To then we will meet in the woodland,\\
Far away from the hurrying throng,\\
And whisper our love to each other,\\
When we hear the first whip-poor-will's song.\\
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And in the long years of the future,\\
Through our duties may part us awhile,\\
And on the return of the evening,\\
We are severed by many a mile;\\
Yet deep in our bosoms we'll cherish\\
The affection so fervent and strong,\\
We pledged to each other this evening,\\
When we heard the first whip-poor-will's song.\\
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    *Harrison Millard (1830-1895), 1865