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Josie, I won't fail ya |
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I won't fail you have no fear |
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Josie, I won't fail ya |
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Give me one more chance to be as near |
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The meadows, they are bursting |
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The yellow corn lies in your hands |
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And with the night comes sorrow |
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As the tide of dawn slips on the land |
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The long breezes are blowing |
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All down the sky into my face |
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I've a worried kind of feelin' |
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That my time has come and gone to waste |
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I love you darling Josie |
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The trees of pine, they grow so tall |
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How come you came to love me |
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When you didn't love me at all? |
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Josie, I won't fail ya |
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I won't fail you have no fear |
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Josie, I won't fail ya |
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Give me one more chance to be as near |
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My Josie looks a child now |
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As she lies beyond my breast |
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In the night I think about her |
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In the day I get no rest |
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I cut me a young pine cone |
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And gave it to the river deep |
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It sailed way by your window |
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Where you lay so long in sleep |
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God bless you darling Josie |
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With your sparkling eyes so bright and clear |
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Josie, I won't fail ya |
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I won't fail you have no fear |
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Josie, I won't fail ya |
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I won't fail you have no fear |
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Josie, I won't fail ya |
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Give me one more chance to be as near |