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{t: Long Time Ago } {key: D} {artist:Mark Coburn} https://youtu.be/mDcayxKkRmQ {c: First done for voice and piano by Aaron Copland 1950 } {c: Totally reworked by Mark Coburn for Baritone - thanks Mark} [G] [D] [G] [D] [A7] [D] [D] On the lake where [G] droop’d the willow [D] Long time a-[A]go, [D] Where the rock threw [G] back the billow [D] Brigh-[A]ter than [D] snow. {c: } [D] Dwelt a maid be [G] loved and cherish’d [D] By high and [A] low, [D] But with autumn [G] leaf she perished [D] Long [A] time a-[D]go. {c: } {sos} [D] On the lake where [G] droop’d the willow [D] Long time a-[A]go, [D] Where the rock threw [G] back the billow [D] Brigh-[A]ter than [D] snow. {eos} [D] Rock and tree and [G] flowing water [D] Long time a-[A]go, [D] Bird and bee and [G] blossom taught her [D] Love’s [A] spell to [D] know. {c: } Bridge: {c: } [E7] While to my fond [A7] words she listen’d [E7] Murmuring down [A7] low, [E7] Tenderly her [A7] blue eyes glisten’d [E7] Long time a-[A7]go. {c: } [D] On the lake where [G] droop’d the willow [D] Long time a-[A]go, [D] Where the rock threw [G] back the billow [D] Brigh-[A]ter than [D] snow.