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Araby (song)
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That's where my dreams seem to carry me;

There in the shade of the shelt'ring palms

I long to hold her gently in my arms,

Araby, when shades of night appear

Araby, you seem to beckon and I reckon

Falling, because I left her there.

Someday you'll find me in Araby,

Where someone's waiting to marry me;

I can't forget the day we parted;

She said I left her broken hearted,

I helped her on to a camel's back.

She made me promise that I would come back;

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United Statesbecause it was published before January 1, 1931.

The longest-living author of this work died in 1989, so this work is in thepublic domainin countries and areas where the copyright term is the author'slife plus 36 years or less. This work may be in thepublic domainin countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply therule of the shorter termtoforeign works.

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Year: 1880

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