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Hear the lonesome whippoorwill

 He sounds too blue to fly

 The midnight train is whining low

 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

 I never seen a night so long

 When times goes crawling by

 The moon just went behind a cloud

 To hide it's face and cry

 Did you ever see a robin weep

 When leaves began to die?

 Like me he's lost the will to live

 I'm so lonesome I could cry

 The silence of a falling star

 Lights up a purple sky

 And as I wonder where you are

 I'm so lonesome I could cry

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