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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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My name is Tom Hight, an old bachelor I am
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You'll find me out West
in the county of fame
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You'll find me out West on an elegant plan
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A- starving to death on my
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government claim
Verse 2
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Hurrah, for Greer County!
The land of the free
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The land of the bedbug,
grasshopper, and flea
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I'll sing of its praises, I'll tell of its fame
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While starving to death on my
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government claim
Verse 3
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My clothes they are ragged,
my language is rough
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My bread is corn dodgers,
both solid and tough
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And yet I am happy and live at my ease
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On sorghum, molasses,
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and bacon and cheese
My house, it is built of the national soil
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Its walls are erected according to Hoyle
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Its roof has no pitch, but is level and plain
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I always get wet if it happens to rain
Verse 4
Hurrah, for Greer County! The
land of the free
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The home of the bed bug,
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grasshopper, and flea
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I'll sing of its praises,
I'll tell of its fame
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While starving to death on
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my government claim
Verse 5
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How happy am I when I crawl
into bed!
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A rattlesnake hisses a tune at my head
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A gay little centipede, quite without fear
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Crawls over my pillow and into my ear
Verse 6
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Now all you claim holders,
I hope you will stay
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Chew your hardtack till
you're toothless and gray
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But for myself, I'll no longer remain
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To starve like a dog on my
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government claim
Verse 7
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Hurrah, to Greer County,
where blizzards arise
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Where the sun never sinks,
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the flea never dies
I'll sing of its praises, I'll tell of its fame
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While starving to death on my
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government claim
Verse 8
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Goodbye to Greer County, goodbye
to the West
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I'll travel back East to the girl I love best
I'll travel back East and marry me a wife
Call quits on corn dodgers the rest of my life
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