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Long Ago
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From a public domain poem by Eugene Field
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acoustic music
There's no drums, no bass, no flutes, no Band in a Box, no artificial lifeforms. Just me and my guitar. Alright I lied. There might be some midi drums and assorted other instruments if it makes it sound better.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #163
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Eugene Field/Rick Norton
Rights
2007 Rick Norton
Uploaded
July 27, 2007
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MP3 2.4 MB • 128 kbps • 2:39
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Long Ago by Eugene Field (1850-1895) I once knew all the birds that came And nested in our orchard trees, For every flower I had a name--- My friends were woodchucks, toads, and bees; I knew where thrived in yonder glen What plants would soothe a stone-bruised toe--- Oh, I was very learned then, But that was very long ago. I knew the spot upon the hill Where checkerberries could be found, I knew the rushes near the mill Where pickerel lay that weighed a pound! I knew the wood---the very tree Where lived the poaching, saucy crow, And all the woods and crows knew me--- But that was very long ago. And pining for the joys of youth, I tread the old familiar spot Only to learn this solemn truth: I have forgotten, am forgot. Yet here 's this youngster at my knee Knows all the things I used to know; To think I once was wise as he!--- But that was very long ago. I know it 's folly to complain Of whatsoe'er the fates decree, Yet, were not wishes all in vain, I tell you what my wish should be: I 'd wish to be a boy again, Back with the friends I used to know. For I was, oh, so happy then--- But that was very long ago!
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