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Tell You a little story and it won't take long, |
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'Bout a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn. |
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The reason why I never could tell, |
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That young man was always well. |
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He planted his corn in the month of June. |
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By July it was up to his eyes. |
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Come September, came a big frost. |
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And all the young man's corn was lost. |
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His story, kith, had just begun. |
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Said: "Young man, have you hoed some corn?" |
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"Well I tried and I tried, and I tried in vain. |
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"But I don't believe I raised no grain." |
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He went down town to his neighbour's door. |
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Where he had often been before. |
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Sayin': "Pretty little miss, will you marry me?" |
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"Little miss what do you say?" |
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"Why do you come for me to wed? |
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"You, can't even make your own corn grain. |
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"Single I am, and will remain. |
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"A lazy man, I won't maintain." |
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He turned his back and walked away. |
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Sayin: "Little miss, you'll rue the day. |
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"You'll rue the day that you were born. |
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"For givin' me the devil 'cos I wouldn't hoe corn." |