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RE SOL/RE
1. He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck,
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and he'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck.
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And his teeth were gone, but what the heck,
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I thought that he walked on water.
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2. He said he was a cowboy when he was young.
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He could handle a rope and he was good with a gun.
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And my mama's daddy was his oldest son,--
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and I thought that he walked on water.
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SOL RE
If the story's told, only heaven knows.
LA RE
But his hat seemed to me like an old halo.
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And although his wings, they were never seen.
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I thought that he walked on water.
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3. Then he tied a cord to the end of a mop,
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and said, "Son, here's a pony, keep her at a trot."
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And I'd ride in circles while he laughed alot.
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Then I'd flop down beside him.
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And he was ninety years old in sixty-three
SOL LA
and I loved him and he loved me.
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And lord, I cried the day he died,
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'cause I thought that he walked on water.
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