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WHEN TRUE LOVERS MEET IN MAYFAIR SO THE LEGEND TELLS
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SONG-BIRDS SING, WINTER TURNS TO SPRING
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EVERY WINDING STREET IN MAYFAIR FALLS BENEATH THE SPELL
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I KNOW SUCH ENCHANTMENT CAN BE
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'CAUSE IT HAPPENED ONE EVENING TO ME
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THAT CERTAIN NIGHT THE NIGHT WE MET
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THERE WAS MAGIC ABROAD IN THE AIR
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THERE WERE ANGELS DINING AT THE RITZ
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AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
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I MAY BE RIGHT I MAY BE WRONG
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BUT I'M PERFECTLY WILLING TO SWEAR
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THAT WHEN YOU TURNED AND SMILED AT ME
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A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
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THE MOON THAT LINGERED OVER LONDON TOWN
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POOR PUZZLED MOON HE WORE A FROWN
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HOW COULD HE KNOW WE TWO WERE SO IN LOVE
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THE WHOLE DARNED WORLD SEEMED UP-SIDE DOWN
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THE STREETS OF TOWN WERE PAVED WITH STARS
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IT WAS SUCH A ROMANTIC AFFAIR
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AND AS WE KISSED AND SAID GOODNIGHT
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A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
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HOW STRANGE IT WAS, HOW SWEET AND STRANGE
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THERE WAS NEVER A DREAM TO COMPARE
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WITH THAT HAZY, CRAZY, NIGHT WE MET
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WHEN A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
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THIS HEART OF MINE BEAT LOUD AND FAST
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LIKE A MERRY-GO-ROUND IN A FAIR
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FOR WE WERE DANCING CHEEK TO CHEEK
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AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
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WHEN DAWN CAME STEALING UP ALL GOLD AND BLUE
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TO INTERRUPT OUR RENDEZVOUS
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I STILL REMEMBER HOW YOU SMILED AND SAID
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"WAS THAT A DREAM OR WAS IT TRUE?"
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OUR HOMEWARD STEP WAS JUST AS LIGHT
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AS THE TAP-DANCING FEET OF ASTAIRE
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AND LIKE AN ECHO FAR AWAY
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A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
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I KNOW CAUSE I WAS THERE
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THAT NIGHT IN BERKELEY SQUARE
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Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
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Glenn Miller |