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Reluctantly I leave, for here there seems
To be fulfillment of somebody's dreams.
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[[insertion]] Near [[/insertion]] By the river Nolichucky
Streaming by in fullsome flow
[[insertion]] When the shadow shapes move softly[[/insertion]] 
[[strikethrough]] By From [[/strikethrough]] In the campfires mellow glow

There's a face appears before me 
Of a pretty [[insertion]] gentle [[/insertion]] girl I know
With her lips half smiling shyly
And her lashes droopin' low.

Sure I always knew she liked me
By the way she met my gaze
With a calm straightforward nicety
And the many little ways