The Carter Family – The Happiest Days Of All (Guitar)

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I wondered today on the sea shore

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The waves and the winds are low

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I thought of the days that are gone by Maud

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Many long years ago

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We lingered by the gently flowing billows

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And watch the golden sunset fade away

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And there among the sweet ocean breezes

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We talked about our future wedding day

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Gathering up the shells from the sea shore

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Gathering up the shells from the sea

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Those were the happiest days of all Maud

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Gathering up the shells from the shore

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When the waves are rolling on the ocean

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And the golden moonbeams on the pebbles shine

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At your cottage by the sea I'll come again Maud

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When the waves are rolling gently sweetheart mine

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Now I am growing up in years Maud

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My locks are all silver and gray

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But the vows that we made on the shore Maud

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Are fresh in my memory today

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Gathering up the shells from the sea shore

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Gathering up the shells from the sea

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Those were the happiest days of all Maud

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Gathering up the shells from the shore

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No more bright shells we will gather

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As the waves come dashing as of yore

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She lies neith the white pebbled sand

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Just covered up with shells on the shore

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Gathering up the shells from the sea shore

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Gathering up the shells from the sea

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Those were the happiest days of all Maud

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Gathering up the shells from the shore