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Song: The Weed.

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My mother told me this for true             That there behind the mountains,         That wear the mists about their feet             And clouds about their summits,         There grows the weed Forgetfulness,             It grows there in the gullies.         If I but knew the way thereto,             Three days long would I wander         And pick a handful of the weed             And drink it steeped in honey,         That so I might forget your mouth             A thousand times that kissed me.

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