Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Brown and Gumble)

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1914)
Seymour Brown and Albert Gumble
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Seymour Brown.
Albert Gumble.

REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM

THERE'S A FARM UPON A HILL DOWN IN MAINE
AND THERE A LITTLE GIRLIE WAITS FOR ME
REBECCA IS HER NAME
WHEN WE WANDERED DOWN THE LANE JUST WE TWO
AND SHE WAS GRIEVING WHEN I WAS LEAVING
AND THEN I PROMISED TO BE TRUE.

WHERE THE HONEYSUCKLE VINE WHERE THE HONEYSUCKLE VINE
TWINES ITSELF AROUND THE DOOR TWINES ITSELF AROUND THE DOOR
A SWEETHEART MINE A SWEETHEART MINE
IS WAITING PATIENTLY FOR ME
I CAN HEAR THE WHIPPOORWILL I CAN HEAR THE WHIPPOORWILL
TELL ME SOFTLY FROM THE HILL TELL ME SOFTLY FROM THE HILL
HER MEM'RY HAUNTS YOU REBECCA WANTS YOU
SO COME BACK TO SUNNYBROOK FARM.

I CAN SEE HER JUST THE SAME STANDING THERE
AND SHE HAD ON HER LITTLE GINGHAM GOWN
AND RIBBONS IN HER HAIR
MY REBECCA LOOKS SO SWEET DRESSED SO PLAIN
I KNEW I'D MISS HER I LONG TO KISS HER
AND SO I'M GOING BACK AGAIN.

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