Help with Lyrics: La Paloma

[symb...@mailexcite.com]

Have had a special request from a very close ill friend of ours to learn this
song for him, which is very, very vaguely remembered....anyone have
lyrics/tabs to this one? Anyone know who wrote/performed it? Appreciate any
help out there!

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[RippChord]

"La Paloma Blanca" was by The George
Baker Selection, 1969.

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[hart...@athenet.net]

Here you go:
Enjoy,
Jan Hart

Miguel Lerdo de
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> RealAudio Clip
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> Sheet Music
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> Paloma Blanca
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> Paloma blanca, blanca paloma,
> quien tuviera tus alas,
> tus alas quien tuviera,
> para volar, y volar para
> donde estan mis amores,
> mis amores donde estan.
>
> Tomale y llevale, llevale y tomale,
> este ramo de flores, de flores este ramo,
> para que se acuerde de este pobre corazon.
>
> Tuve un amor, un amor tuve,
> lo quise y lo quiero
> lo quiero y lo quise,
> porque era fino, porque fino era,
> fino como un diamante,
> como un diamante fino.
>
> Tomale y llevale, llevale y tomale,
> esta copa de vino, de vino esta copa,
> para que se acuerde de este pobre corazon.

[Tony Wright]

Wow! All my (3) sheet music sources show this as an instrumental...
So I had to resort to a netsearch. I got lucky...

La Paloma (The Dove) by Sebastian Yradier

The day that I left my home for the rolling sea
I said "Mother dear, Oh, pray to thy God for me."
And ere we sailed I went fond leave to take
Of Niña, who wept as if her poor heart would break.
Niña, if I should die and o'er oceans foam,
Softly a white dove on a fair eve should come.
Open thy lattice, dearest, for it will be,
My faithful soul that loving comes back to thee!

|: Oh! a life on the sea!
Singing joyous and free,
Oh! we're going
None are so gay as we! :|

And when I come home from Niña to part no more,
Adieu to the ship where often with changing mind
I've laughed and I've wept as veer'd the light changing wind.
The comes the day, the happy and blessed day,
Chasing all sadness, sorrow and care away.
Niña so fair, all smiles will be by my side!
Niña so dear, will be my own blushing bride.