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 If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed;
 If not, 'tis true this parting was well made.  
 If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed;
 If not, 'tis true this parting was well made. 
 Kathleen Mavourneen, the gray dawn is breaking,
 The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill,
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 Kathleen Mavourneen, the gray dawn is breaking,
 The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill,
  The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking--
   Kathleen Mavourneen, what, slumbering, still?
    Oh hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever?
     Oh hast thou forgotten this day we must part?
      It may be for years and it may be forever;
       Oh why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart? 
 They say be parted well and paid his score,
 And so, God be with him.  
 They say be parted well and paid his score,
 And so, God be with him. 
 Good-night! good-night! as we so oft have said
 Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days
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 Good-night! good-night! as we so oft have said
 Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days
  That are no more, and shall no more return.
   Thou hast but taken up thy lamp and gone to bed;
    I stay a little longer, as one stays
     To cover up the embers that still burn. 
Such parting break the heart they fondly hope to heal.
Such parting break the heart they fondly hope to heal.
 Say good-bye er howdy-do--
 What's the odds betwixt the two?
  Comin'--goin'--every day--
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 Say good-bye er howdy-do--
 What's the odds betwixt the two?
  Comin'--goin'--every day--
   Best friends first to go away--
    Grasp of hands you'd ruther hold
     Than their weight in solid gold,
      Slips their grip while greetin' you,--
       Say good-bye er howdy-do? 
In every parting there is an image of death.
In every parting there is an image of death.
 Excuse me, then! you know my heart;
 But dearest friends, alas! must part.  
 Excuse me, then! you know my heart;
 But dearest friends, alas! must part.