Oh, the night was dark and stormy
When this message came to me
It was from my darling Nellie
Who is far across the sea
Oh, dear Jack, I know I'm dying
I've no friends, no parents nigh
But remember, dearest Jackie
There's a home for us on high
Oh, dear mother, I must leave you
I must go across the sea
I must find my darling Nellie
Who so dearly cared for me
I was wandering through the graveyard
When I found where Nellie laid
It was there my heart was broken
It was there I knelt and prayed
Now I'm left alone in sadness
On the field of flowery Spain
And the girl I love is sleeping
In the cold and silent grave
Lay me where my Nellie's sleeping
Close beside her let me lie
Where the blooming flowers are creeping
There, oh, lay me when I die
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