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AFTER THE BALL(Charles K. Harris)A little maiden climbed an old man's kneeBegged for a story, "Do, uncle, please!"Why are you single? Why live alone?Have you no babies? Have you no home?""I had a sweetheart, years, years agoWhere she is now, pet, you will soon know.List to the story, I'll tell it allI believ'd her faithless, after the ball."cho: After the ball is over, After the break of morn, After the dancers' leaving After the stars are gone; Many a heart is aching If you could read them all Many the hopes that have vanished After the ball.Bright lights were flashing in the grand ballroomSoftly the music playing sweet tunes;There came my sweetheart, my love, my own,"I wish some water, leave me alone."When I returned, dear, there stood a manKissing my sweetheart, as lovers can.Down fell the glass, pet, broken, that's allJust as my heart was, after the ball.Long years have passed, child, I've never wedTrue to my lost love, though she is dead.She tried to tell me, tried to explainI would not listen, pleadings were vain.One day a letter came from that man,He was her brother, the letter ran;That's why I'm lonely, no home at allI broke her heart, pet, after the ball.filename[ AFTRBALLplay.exe AFTRBALLRG===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===