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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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story of Henry and Jim
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Born to milk and honey
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Made a bet in their hearts,
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friends never to part
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Over love or money,
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over love or money
Said, Jim, I'll go east,
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Henry, you take the west
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All the girls are about to mine
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and you have the rest
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And if you should run low,
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For you are a friend of mine
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You are a friend of mine
They went out in the world
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and adventured till when
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When a time came,
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as it does at years end,
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Arm in arm they'd meet up
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Down at Clear's pub
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and they'd drink and talk there
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Till the morning, till the morning
One of these times,
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t 'was midnight of the first
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The singing was loud and
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Heard over the room's drawer,
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And came Katie Eleanor
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for the evening,
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for the evening
Here take my seat,
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said Henry then Jim
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And in no time did each of them
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set out to win
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The wide -eyed girl with
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the bangs and curls
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Who didn't let all that
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she was thinking,
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what she was thinking
She challenged all notions
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of good and bad
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Long ago instilled in
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the boys by their dads
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Who feared nothing in life
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but their mothers and wives
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And being alone in the morning,
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in the morning
In confidence she told them
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you could win my hand
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Knowing one must fall
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for the other to stand
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So they met near the tide,
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To see who'd still be standing
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come mornin',
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come mornin'
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Four hours at seaside
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their fight it was fierce
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They was kicking and biting
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and swearing in tears
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While Katie twirled her locks
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from a boat on the docks
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Wondering who'd be her love
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come morning,
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come morning
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Jimmy and Henry collapsed on the sand
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Salt in their eyes and
blood on their hands
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neither will do me at all
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And I'll go home alone
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in the mornin'
They struggled to get to
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their feet in the sand
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Henry said, Jim,
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well then let her be damned
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So they took out their knives
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and they cut the tie lines
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Of the boat where she stood
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in the mornin', in the mornin'
Caught Henry as he watched
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her drift from the shore
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I'd never sail with a woman
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who won't man the oars
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And she cursed at them both
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Her voice like the gulls
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on the horizon, the ho rizon
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When telling this story for you go to bed
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Be thankful you aren't
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her beloved instead
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For her love's cavort was only a sport,
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Said Henry to Jim in the morning,
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in the morning.
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In the light of the fire
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they set it jaunt clear
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Said, Henry, she's round, aye,
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but she never comes here
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Though I'd see her again, as would I, Jim
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And they stared at the embers
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till morning, till morning
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Sawyer is the story of Henry and Jim
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Born to milk an d honey
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Made a bet in their hearts,
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friends never to part,
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over love or money,
Outro 1
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