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Love-ly Ri-ta met-er maid, 
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love-ly Ri-ta met-er maid 
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Love-ly Ri-ta met-er maid, 
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noth-ing can come be-tween us 
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when it gets dark I tow your heart a-way 
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Stand-ing by a park-ing met-er 
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when I caught a glimpse of Ri-ta 
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Fill-ing in a tick-et in her lit-tle white book. 
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In the cap she looked much old-er 
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And the bag a-cross her should-er 
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made her look a lit-tle like a mil-i-tary man 
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Love-ly Ri-ta met-er maid, may I in-quire dis-creet-ly, 
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When are you free to take some tea with me