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Tune-"Roy's Wife."
Chorus-Canst thou leave me thus, my Katie? / Canst thou leave me thus, my Katie? / Well thou know'st my aching heart, / And canst thou leave me thus, for pity?
Is this thy plighted, fond regard, / Thus cruelly to part, my Katie? / Is this thy faithful swain's reward- / An aching, broken heart, my Katie! / Canst thou leave me, &c.
Farewell! and ne'er such sorrows tear / That finkle heart of thine, my Katie! / Thou maysn find those will love thee dear, / But not a love like mine, my Katie, / Canst thou leave me, &c.