Virginia Belle

	  		

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Fairer than the golden morning,  
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Gentle as the tongue can tell,  
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Was our little laughing darling,  
D        A     D 
Sweet Virginia Belle.  

A         G     D 
Bright Virginia Belle!  
    G       D     A 
Our dear Virginia Belle!  
D     A 
She bereft us  
G        D 
When she left us, 
         A     D 
Sweet Virginia Belle!  


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How we used to roam together  
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O'er the mountain, through the dell,  
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In the smiles of springtime weather,  
         A     D 
Sweet Virginia Belle.  

A         G     D 
Bright Virginia Belle!  
    G       D     A 
Our dear Virginia Belle!  
D     A 
She bereft us  
G        D 
When she left us, 
         A     D 
Sweet Virginia Belle!  

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D       A        G   D 
She was lithe as any fairy,  
        A           G     A 
Winning hearts with fairy spell,  
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Tripping with a footstep airy,  
         A     D 
Sweet Virginia Belle!  

A         G     D 
Bright Virginia Belle!  
    G       D     A 
Our dear Virginia Belle!  
D     A 
She bereft us  
G        D 
When she left us, 
         A     D 
Sweet Virginia Belle!  

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While her life was in its morning  
       B       A      B 
Came a sad and solemn knell,  
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She was taken without warning,  
      B        E 
Sweet Virginia Belle!  

B         A     E 
Bright Virginia Belle!  
    A       E     B 
Our dear Virginia Belle!  
E     B 
She bereft us  
A        E 
When she left us, 
         B     E 
Sweet Virginia Belle!  

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