Love Alone

from Uke-A-Rama by Mark Kailana Nelson

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Love Alone
from Blind Blake and His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos

It's love, it’s love alone
 That caused King Edward to leave his throne
 It's love, it's love alone
 Caused King Edward to leave his throne.

  I know King Edward was noble and great
 But it's love that caused him to abdicate.
It's love, it's love alone
 Caused King Edward to leave his throne.

  “I know my mother is bound to grieve
 She cannot help it but I'm bound to leave."

It’s love, etc.

 And he got the money and he got the talk
 And the fancy walk and the suits New York.

  “You can take the throne, you can take the crown,
 But leave me Miss Simpson to renown.”

  “f a plane and a ship don't carry me free
 I'll walk with Miss Simpson across the sea.”

  On the third of December you heard the talk
 When he gave the throne to the Duke of York.

  Now he surely will take a stand
 He said,"I'm giving up with my government!"

  He's the victim of circumstance
 Now they live in the south of France.

  See Mrs. Simpson across the street
 You can guarantee she is a busy bee.

  Let the organ roll, let the church bell ring
 He said, "Good luck to us and the bachelor King.”

It's love, it’s love alone
 That caused King Edward to leave his throne
 It's love, it's love alone
 Caused King Edward to leave his throne.

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from Uke-A-Rama, released January 1, 2009

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Mark Nelson Ashland, Oregon

I'm a multi-instrumentalist & author with a solo recording career going back to 1979.

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