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 The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
 Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.  
 The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
 Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown. 
 Since sorrow never comes too late
 And happiness too swiftly flies.  
 Since sorrow never comes too late
 And happiness too swiftly flies. 
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
 Men die, but sorrow never dies;
 The crowding years divide in vain,
  And the wide world is read more 
 Men die, but sorrow never dies;
 The crowding years divide in vain,
  And the wide world is knit with ties
   Of common brotherhood in pain. 
 Who never ate his bread in sorrow,
 Who never spent the darksome hours
  Weeping, and watching for read more 
 Who never ate his bread in sorrow,
 Who never spent the darksome hours
  Weeping, and watching for the morrow,--
   He knows ye not, ye gloomy Powers.
    [Ger., Wer nie sein Brod mit Thranen ass,
     Wer nicht die kummervollen Nachte
      Auf seinem Bette weinend sass,
       Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Machte.] 
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
 In the bitter waves of woe,
 Beaten and tossed about
  By the sullen winds which blow
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 In the bitter waves of woe,
 Beaten and tossed about
  By the sullen winds which blow
   From the desolate shores of doubt. 
 Ah, don't be sorrowful darling,
 And don't be sorrowful, pray:
  Taking the year together, my dear,
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 Ah, don't be sorrowful darling,
 And don't be sorrowful, pray:
  Taking the year together, my dear,
   There isn't more night than day. 
 Our days and nights
 Have sorrows woven with delights.  
 Our days and nights
 Have sorrows woven with delights.