The Roseville Fair - Bill Staines - 40 bpm

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Oh the night was 

clear, 

and the 
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stars were 
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shining

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And the moon came 
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up 

 .. so quiet in the 
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sky

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All the people gathered 

'round, 

and the 
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band was a-
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tuning

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I can hear them 
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now 

playing "Coming Through the 
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Rye"

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You were dressed in 

blue, 

and you 
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looked so 
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lovely

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Just a gentle 
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flower 

of a small-town 
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girl

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You took my 

hand, 

and we 
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danced to the 
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music

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With a single 
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smile 

you became my 
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world

	
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And we danced all 
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night 

to the fiddle and the 
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banjo

	
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Their drifting 
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tunes 

seemed to fill the 
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air

	
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So long a
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go 

but I still re-
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member

	
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When we fell in 
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love, 

at the Roseville 
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Fair

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We courted 

well, 

and we 
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courted 
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dearly

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We'd rock for 
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hours, 

in the front-porch 
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chair

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Then the years went 

by, 

from the 
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time I 
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met you

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And I made you 
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mine, 

at the Roseville 
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Fair

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So here's a 
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song, 

for all of the 
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lovers

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And here's a 
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tune, 

that they can 
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share

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May they dance all 
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night, 

to the fiddle and the 
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banjo

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The way we 
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did, 

at the Roseville 
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Fair