THE LAST LEAF
The Cascades (Chandler-McKendry)
Intro:
The last leaf clings to the bough
Just one leaf, that's all there is now
And my last hope lives with that
lonely leaf, lonely leaf
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With the last leaf that clings to the bough.
Last summer beneath this tree
My love said she'd come back to me
Before the leaves of autumn touched
the ground, touched the ground
My love promised she's be homeward bound.
Chorus:
Then one by one the leaves began to fall,
-break
And now that winter's come to call.
The last leaf that clings to the bough
Just one leaf, that's all there is now.
Will my last hope fall with that
lonely leaf, lonely leaf?
With the last leaf, the last leaf,
pause -
With the last leaf that clings to the bough
Bough, bough, bough . . . (FADE)