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Artist: Malvina Reynolds
Canonical path: /malvina-reynolds/sally-don-t-you-grieve
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Sally Don't You Grieve
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Sally Don't You Grieve
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Chorus:
When I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve,
When I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve,
When I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve,
And I told her not to grieve after me.
Restless foot and a roving mind,
I'm gonna leave this town behind,
Leave my honey so sweet and kind,
And I told her not to grieve after me.
(Chorus)
I am one of them rambling men,
Trav'ling since I don't know when,
Here I come and then gone again,
And I told her not to grieve after me.
(Chorus)
Big old road goes round the bend,
There's a pot of gold at the other end,
Sally says that I'll never mend,
And I told her not to grieve after me.
(Chorus)
I've been roaming everywhere
Never been satisfied anywhere;
I dream of Sally so sweet and fair,
And I told her not to grieve after me.
(Chorus)
Goodbye, Sally, my heart's delight,
I will come back when the moon is bright,
If you're gone, it will serve me right,
And I told her not to grieve after me.
(Chorus)
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