The Broken Wedding Ring
Hank Snow
Album: Early Hank Snow by Hank Snow

Capo 1

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A cowboy with his sweetheart stood beneath a starlit sky
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Tomorrow he was leaving for the lonesome prairie wide
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She said "I'll be your loving bride when you return someday"
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He handed her a broken ring and to her he did say

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"You'll find upon that ring sweetheart my name engraved in gold
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And I shall keep the other half which bears your name you know."

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Three years had passed, he did not come, and Nell will wed tonight
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Her father said an Earl would make her happy home so bright
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The lights were gaily glowing as they stood there side by side
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"Let's drink a toast to this young man and to his lovely bride."

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Just then there stood within the door a figure tall and slim
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A handsome cowboy was their guest and slowly he walked in
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"I'll drink with you a toast." said he, and quickly in her glass
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He dropped his half of wedding ring, then anxiously he watched.

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She tipped her glass and from her lips a ring fell shining bright
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The token she had longed to see lay there beneath the light
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"Though years have been between us dear, love won our last long fight,
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It's you my cowboy sweetheart and my Jack I'll wed tonight."

Outro: D-A7-D