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She says she's very sorry, as she sees you to the gate; / You calmly say ‘Good-bye' to her while standing off a yard, / Then you lift your hat and leave her, walking mighty stiff and straight -- / But you're hit, old man -- hit hard.
In your brain the words are burning of the answer that she gave, / As you turn the nearest corner and you stagger just a bit; / But you pull yourself together, for a man's strong heart is brave / When it's hit, old man -- hard hit.