N-A Bird in a Gilded Cage
C-Harry Von Tilzer
A-Arthur J. Lamb
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L-      The       ball-        room  was   filled         with   fa-              shion's throng,         It      shone          with a
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L-        thou-         sand      lights;                                And      there          was   a   wo-    man   who
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L-       passed            a-    long,            The   fai-             rest of  all           the      sights.
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L-      A         girl            to her  lo-   ver       then    soft-          ly       sighed         There's  ri-   ches      at
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L-       her            com-      mand,                                 But  she  mar-    ried  for    wealth,            not for
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L-       love,         he        cried,         though she lives         in   a    man-          sion      grand.          She's
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L-         on-           ly   a    bird          in   a   gil-          ded       cage,          A       beau-           ti-  ful
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L-       sight            to      see.                                   You may  think          she's   hap-             py  and
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L-      free             from    care,          She's     not,           though she seems         to       be.               'Tis
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L-        sad             when you think         of her  was-           ted       life           For      youth          can-not
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L-       mate             with    age,                                  And her  beau-           ty   was   sold,         For an
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L-      old               man's   gold,           She's a  bird          in  a    gil-            ded     cage.