Agony

Did I ab - use her or show her dis- dain? Why did she run from me?

If I should lose her how shall I re- gain the heart she has won from me? A- gon- y?

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Be- yond pow- er of speech, When the one thing you want, is the on - ly thing

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out of your reach. High in her tow- er, she sits by the ho - ur main - tain - ing her hair,
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Blithe and be- com- ing and fre- quent - ly hum - ming a light - heart - ed air, Ah - ah - ah - ah -

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ah - ah- ah. A- gon- y! far more pain - ful than yours, when you know she would

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go with you, if there on - ly were doors. A - gon- y! Oh the tor - ture they

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teach What's as in- trui - ging and half so fa - tig- uing as what's out of reach?

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Am I not sen - si - tive, clev- er, well - man - nered, con - sid - er - ate, pas- sion - ate, charm - ing as
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kind as I'm hand - some and heir to a throne? You are ev - 'ry thing maid - ens could

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wish for! Then why no? Do I know? The girl must be mad! You know noth - ing of

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mad - ness, till you're climb - ing her hair and you see her up there as you're near - ing her,

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all the while hear - ing her: Ah - ah - ah - ah - ah - ah - ah - ah - ah - ah - ah - ah A - gon- y, mis - er - y,

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woe though it's diff- erent for each. Al- ways ten steps be - hind, al - ways ten feet be -
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low, and she's just out of reach. A - gon - y! That can cut like a

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knife! I must have her to wife!