I'll hold on to it, don't you let it pass you by

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Hamish

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I see the sentense - [h=1]I'll hold on to it, don't you let it pass you by[/h]
I know it comes from a lyric but do the native people speak like that because don't you let it pass you by is like a question in structure.
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It's fine for a song, but pretty nonsensical as actual language to me.
 

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I have seen/I saw the following sentence - "I'll hold on to it, don't you let it pass you by."

I know it [STRIKE]comes from[/STRIKE] is from the lyrics of a song but do [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] native people speak like that? [STRIKE]because[/STRIKE] "Don't you let it pass you by" is like a question in structure.

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Note my corrections above. Please give us the name of the song and the performer.
 
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