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Artist: Bobby Darin
Canonical path: /bobby-darin/once-upon-a-time
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Once Upon A Time
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Once Upon A Time
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From the 1962 stage play "All American" (Charles Strouse/Lee Adams)
Morley Music Co. Inc. ASCAP
All Rights Reserved
Once upon a time
A girl with moonlight in her eyes
Put her hand in mine,
And said she loved me so...
But that was once upon a time...
Very long ago
Once upon a hill
We sat beneath a willow tree
Counting all the stars
And waiting for the dawn
But that was once upon a time,
Now the tree is gone
How the breeze ruffled through her hair
How we always laughed
As though tomorrow wasn't there...
We were young
And didn't have a care
Where did it go?
Once upon a time
the world was sweeter than we knew
Everything was ours
But somehow once upon a time
Never comes again....
This song can be found on the album "In a Broadway Bag"
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