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T:Willie Brook
B:Ruth Ann Musick, "Ballads and Songs from West Virginia," The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 70, No. 278 (Oct.-Dec., 1957), 336-357.
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:Hark, my young friends, 'tis a mel-an-chol-y sound,
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w: The ar-rows of death fly-ing swift*-ly a-round;
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w:There is one of your num-ber, a youth_ in this bloom,
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w:Was called a-way by death,* Now lies cold in the tomb.