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Shallow Brown
English source:
Folksong
Shaller Brown, you're goin' ter leave me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
Shaller Brown, you're goin' ter leave me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
Shaller Brown, don't ne'er deceive me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
Shaller Brown, don't ne'er deceive me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
You're goin' away accrost the ocean,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
You're goin' away accrost the ocean,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
You'll ever be my heart's devotion,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
You'll ever be my heart's devotion,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
For your return my heart is burning,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
For your return my heart is burning,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
Shaller Brown, you're goin' ter leave me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
Shaller Brown, don't ne'er deceive me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
Shaller Brown, you're goin' ter leave me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
Shaller Brown, don't ne'er deceive me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
Shaller Brown, don't ne'er deceive me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
You're goin' away accrost the ocean,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
You're goin' away accrost the ocean,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
You'll ever be my heart's devotion,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
You'll ever be my heart's devotion,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
For your return my heart is burning,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
For your return my heart is burning,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
Shaller Brown, you're goin' ter leave me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
Shaller Brown, don't ne'er deceive me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.
Composer
Percy Grainger
Percy Aldridge Grainger was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914 on and became a citizen in 1918. Read more here.
