I Leave The Milky Way Song Lyrics and Chords by Slim Whitman
I Leave The Milky Way
Recorded by Slim Whitman
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Darling we
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can't
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forever
That is a fact we all
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know
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So I have
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just made my
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case I should suddenly
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go
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leave you the sunrise the
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To brighten your live long
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days
And then when the sunshine has
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gone
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I leave you the milky
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way
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leave you the song of a
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dove
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And
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though I don't leave you
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Still there is a
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fortune of
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love
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In my
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last will and test
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ament
Diamonds these are my
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diamonds
What brighter diamonds have ever been seen by man
Than the north star the midnight you
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sent
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Gold and silver here's my gold and silver
A golden
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sun when it shimmers through a silver curtain of rain
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takes the clouds away to take make room for a
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rainbow
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leave you the sound of
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sigh
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That
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filled every moment we
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spent
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I leave you what money can'
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t buy dear
In my
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last will and testa
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ment
FAQ
Who sang the the song I Leave The Milky Way?
- The song I Leave The Milky Way was sang by Slim Whitman.
Who is Slim Whitman?
- Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr. (January 20, 1923 - June 19, 2013), professionally known by the stage name Slim Whitman, was an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth, high, three-octave-range falsetto in a style christened as "countrypolitan". He personally stated that he had sold in excess of 120 million records, although the recorded sales figures give 70 million, during a career that spanned over seven decades, and consisted of a prolific output of over 100 albums and around 500 recorded songs, that not only consisted of country music, but also of contemporary gospel, Broadway show tunes, love songs and standards. In the 1950s, Whitman toured with Elvis Presley as the opening act. In the 1990s and 2000s a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the film Mars Attacks! his famed "Indian Love Call" would kill the invading Martians every time the record was played and his rendition of "I Remember You" was heard in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.
