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. The lyrics are from a traditional song. :''To the Queen of Hearts is the Ace of Sorrow, '' :''He's here today and he's gone tomorrow. '' :''Young men are plenty but sweethearts few; '' :''If my love leave me, what shall I do? ''

Joan Baez version

It was released as the B-Side of Baez' "

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", a Bob Dylan song, on

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in 1965.''The Encyclopedia of Country Music'' Paul Kingsbury - 1998 "Such hits of hers as "Angel of the Morning," "Queen of Hearts," and "Break It to Me Gently" were among the major ..." In

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it is said to be traditional, though elsewhere erroneously attributed to

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and

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