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IF YOU LOVE ME, LEAVE ME
(Monroe Hosenfeld)

One night a faithless husband unto a maiden said
"You know, Bess, tho' I'm married, I hate the one I've wed,
For with her I'm unhappy - and you're unhappy too--
Let's break the cruel fetter that keep me, love, from you
We've always loved each other, and if the word you'll say,
By Break of dawn tomorrow we'll both be miles away.
Then we could be so happy, my darling, you and I,"
But she turned quickly from him and murmured with a sigh;

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I will gladly wait, Jack, years and years for you
But don't be unfaithful, She's your wife, you know
If you love me, leave me, Say goodbye and go!

"You know, Jack" said the maiden, "that she is still your wife
And tho' I love you dearly, I could not blight her life:
Perhaps you'll learn to love her, OH! promise you'll go back,
For I could never wrong her, so please don't tempt me, Jack."
"Ah, Bess don't be so cruel" the faithless husband cried
"I'd gladly leave her darling, if you will be my bride;
And then we'd be so happy, so happy, you and I,"
But she again turned from him and answered with a sigh:

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