Little River

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Sunny afternoon on the riverside,
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Children playing games of seek-and-hide.
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They throw the colored ball and they hide away,
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But the devil stopped their harmless play.

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Little Tommy tried to catch the ball,
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He tumbeled into the water and he lost control,
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But MaryÆs little hand couldnÆt save the boy.
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Pain is when you loose a friend and then she cried:

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Tell me, little river, tell me when a love has gone.
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For him IÆll wait forever, till the morning he will return.
Tell me, little river, why donÆt you give him back?
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Send him this little flower, as long as I live he canÆt be dead.

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Little children playing on the shore,
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they donÆt talk about it anymore.
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What had happened on that warm September day,
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Sometimes in the wind you hear a prayer.

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Tell me, little river, tell me when a love has gone.
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For him IÆll wait forever, till the morning he will return.
Tell me, little river, why donÆt you give him back?
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Send him this little flower, as long as I live he canÆt be dead.

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Tell me, little river, tell me when a love has gone.
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For him IÆll wait forever, till the morning he will return.
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Tell me, little river, ....

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