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Sylvia?s mother says, ?Sylvia's busy, 
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Too busy to come to the phone. 
                                                                              
Sylvia's mother says, ?Sylvia's trying, 
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To start a new life of her own.?
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Sylvia's mother says, ?Sylvia's happy, 
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So why don't you leave her a - lone??
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And the operator says:" Forty cents more, 

For the next three minutes."

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Pl -ease Mrs. Avery, I've just got to talk to her, 
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I'll only keep her a while.
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Please Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her good - bye.

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Sylvia's mother says, ?Sylvia's packing, 
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She?s goin' to be leaving today.?
                                                                          
Sylvia's mother says, ?Sylvia's marrying, 
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A fellow down Galveston way.?
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Sylvia's mother says, ?Please don't say nothing,
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To make her start crying and stay

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And the operator says:" Forty cents more, 

For the next three minutes."       

    G                     D
Pl -ease Mrs. Avery, I've just got to talk to her, 
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I'll only keep her a while.
G                     D                            A
Please Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her good - bye.


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Sylvia's mother says, ?Sylvia's hurrying, 
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She?s catching the nine o'clock train.?

Sylvia's mother says, "Take your umbrella, 
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?cause, Sylvia, it's starting to rain."
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And Sylvia's mother says, "Thank you for calling,
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And, sir, won't you call back a - gain."
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And the operator says:" Forty cents more, 

For the next three minutes."

     G                      D
Pl - ease Mrs. Avery, I've just got to talk to her, 
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I'll only keep her a while.
    G                 D                           A
Please Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her good - bye.

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Tell her goodbye, please, tell her goodbye   AND FADE