Tonart: D major
Intro 1
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Bm
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Verse 1
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first time ever he saw her
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He saw his future in a long
white cotton gown
Sittin' there at the church house,
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she was gonna get baptized
They was gonna have dinner
Interlude 1
on the grounds
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Verse 2
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So the very next Friday,
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he got off at the sawmill
He slicked his hair back,
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he had a pocket full of pay
When she opened up the front door,
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he was grinnin' like a possum
As he handed her a daisy,
Verse 3
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Hey, let's go dancin' to the tune of
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a twenty dollar bill
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They've got a fine fiddle band
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at the barn up on the hill
And by midnight we just might wind
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up dancin' standin' still
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By my daddy's lantern light,
Interlude 2
let me walk you home
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Verse 4
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After they got married,
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it didn't seem like no time
They just sayin' their goodbye's,
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he's a goin' to the big world war
'Bout a lifetime later,
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she's a waitin' at the depot
He said I ain't a gonna leave you,
no, never no more
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Verse 5
Said let's go dancin' to the tune
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of a twenty dollar bill
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D
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They've got a fine fiddle band
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at the barn up on the hill
And by midnight we just might wind
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up dancin' standin' still
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By my daddy's lantern light,
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let me walk you home
Verse 6
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In
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front of friends and
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kinfolk and all of us grandkids
In the same little church house,
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in a long white cotton gown
He bent down and he kissed her, he said,
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I'm right behind you, honey
It wasn't long 'til we laid
him in the ground
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Verse 7
And now they're dancin' to
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the tune of a twenty dollar bill
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They've got a fine fiddle band
D
at the barn up on the hill
And by midnight they just might wind
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up dancin' standin' still
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A
By the Father's lantern light,
Outro 1
they're walkin' home
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