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Verse 1
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In the colony of Delaware,
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There once stood a sign sayin',
Stranger beware,
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beware of the whipping post.
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A young man rode into this town
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to seek his fortune there
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He read the sign but he laughed aloud
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for his heart held not a care
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The next sight that he fell his eye
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he no ticed so much more
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It was the mayor's black
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stepping out her door
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The Whipping Post, The Whipping Post,
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If you don't keep your place
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The Whipping Post, The Whipping Post,
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You will soon embrace
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The way she smiled
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had warmed his heart
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He fell in love that day
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But her father found them there alone
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And he had this to say
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The likes of you aren't good enough
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To have my daughter's hand
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Leave this town before the dawn
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Or die a broken man
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The whipping post, the whipping post,
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was this to be his fate
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Yes, he feared the whipping post,
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but he could not run away
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So they tied him to
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the post that day,
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before his loved one's eyes
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But she ran between him an d the lash,
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she tried to save his life
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Her father cried to stop the whip,
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but he was now too late
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The singing lash
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went through the air
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and struck her lovely face
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The whipping post, the whipping post,
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the evil that you do
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The whipping post, the whipping post,
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you bring men to their doom
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Up on his knees the mayor wept,
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I know now I was wrong
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He took his daughter in his arms
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and freed the stranger's bonds
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And to this day the legend lives
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so all who love will know
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Their love so strong that it lived on
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and defied the whipping post
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The whipping hoes, the whipping hoes
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The whipping hoes, the whipping hoes
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