If I Knew

If I knew where the wild dove flew

I would not tell the hunter, but I would tell you

Though they say you're not a brave man, hardly a man at all

You would not shoot the wild things, like brave men in the fall

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If I knew where calypso bloomed,

I would not tell the ladies, but I would tell you

For you would not take the flower, for money or for love

Or harm a single petal, 'cause you would not shoot the dove

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If I knew where our green love grew

I would not tell the others, but I would tell you

For 'though the world may call you craven, I know it is not true

And 'though a sword may hang between us, my songs are all for you

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