Tonart: G major
Verse 1
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When
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first unto this country
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I courted a fair maid
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I courted her for long,
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her love I did not obtain
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Do you think I've got any
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reason or right to complain
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I rode to see my Nancy,
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I rode both day and night
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I courted dearest Nancy,
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my whole heart's to the land
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I rode to see my Nancy
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and I rode both night and day
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Till I noticed the stallion
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both white lookin' and gray
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Well the sheriff's men they followed
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and they'd overtaken me
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They carted me away to
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the penitentiary
They opened up the door,
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yes and then they shoved me in
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They shaved off my head
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and they cleared away my chin
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And they beat me and they banged me,
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they fed me on dry beans
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Till I wished to my own soul
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I had never been a thief
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My hands in my pockets
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as my cap put on so bold
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My coat of many colors
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like a Joseph's coat of old
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When first on to this country
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a stranger I came
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I courted a fair maid
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and Nancy was her name
Outro 1
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