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Words by,GEO. OOOPEE. 
PICKING CHERRIES DOWN THE LANE. 
Music by H. MILLABD, 
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1. It was in the gol - den sum-mer, And we met be-neath the trees; There were 
2. Oh, the boughs with ru - bies la - den, They were far be - yond her reach, But I 
3. Now the scent • ed breez-es whisper’d All the se - crets that were told, And the 
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fond and lov-ing glan-ces; There was laughter on the breeze. In the green and wa - vy or-chard, 
helped her, and she thank’d me, Sweet and bird - like was her speech. Lit - tie hands, so fair and dim-pled, 
bird - ies saw some - bo - dy Some one’s waist in joy en-fold! Ere the ro - sy sun - set fa-ded 
lin-ger’d there to - geth-er Picking cherries,picking cherries down the lane ; 
long’d to lin - ger ev - er Picking cherries,picking cherries down the lane ; 
lips were pick-ing cherries, Picking cherries, picking cherries down the lane ; 
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Down the lane, 
Down the lane, 
Down the lane, 
Down the lane, 
Down the lane, 
Down the lane. 
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Down the lane, While we 
Down the lane, And I 
Down the lane, Lov-ing 
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lin-ger’d there to - geth-er Picking cherries, picking cherries down the lane, 
long’d to lin - ger ev - er Picking cherries, picking cherries down the lane, 
lips were pick-ing cherries. Picking cherries, picking cherries down the lane. 
How I bless the hap - py mo-ments! 
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Pick-ing cher-ries, pick-ing cher-ries down the lane. 
