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In the night they frowned at a body on the ground
A ballot and a rose in his two hands they found
For a kiss and a touch of her lips
Couldn’t keep him by and by

They yelled across the oceans of wrath
They walked in the alleys searching for a path
For a kiss a touch her lips
Couldn’t keep em by and by

the years won’t know to satisfy the toll
of a mother and children broken weak and more
for a kiss, and a touch of her lips
will keep em by and by

I’m down done and low by the side of the road
I begged by the wealthy to keep away the cold
For a kiss, and the touch of her lips
will keep me by and by

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