22 acessos
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1. Oh, help me, dear doctor, I`m damaged, there`s a pain where there
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once was a heart. It`s sleeping, it`s beating, can`t you please take it out
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and preserve it right there in that jar.
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2. Oh, help me, please, Mama, I`m sickening, it`s today that`s the day
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of my plunge. Oh, the gal, I`m to marry, is a bow-legged sow,
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I`ve been soaking up drink like a sponge.
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3. "Don`t worry, get dressed!" cried my mother, as she plied me with
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bourbon so sour . "Pull your socks on, put your suit on,
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comb your long hair down, for you will be wed in the hour."
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4. = 1 5. I was trembling as I put on my jacket, it had creases as
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sharp as a knife. I put the ring in my pocket, but there was a note,
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and my heart it jumped into my mouth.
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6. It read, "Darling, I`m sorry to hurt you, but I`ve no courage to speak
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in your face. But I`m down in Virginia with your cousin Lou,
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and there`ll be no wedding today."
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7. Oh, help me, dear doctor, I`m damaged, you can put back my heart
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in its hole. Oh, Mama, I`m crying tears of relief,
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and my pulse is now under control