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Sarah Vaughan lyrics : "Poor Butterfly"

There's a story told of a little Japanese
Sitting demurely beneath the cherry blossom trees
Miss Butterfly's her name

A sweet little innocent child was she
Til a fine young American from the sea
To her garden came


They met underneath the cherry blossoms everyday
And he taught her how to love the American way

To love with her soul
It was easy to learn
Then he sailed away with a promise to return


Poor Butterfly
Beneath the blossoms waiting

Poor butterfly
For she loved him so
The moments pass into hours

The hours pass into years
And as she smiles through her tears
She murmurs low


The moon and I know that he'll be faithful
I'm sure he'll come to me by and by

But if he won't come back then, then I'll never sigh or cry
I just must die
Poor Butterfly.

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