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No rain and the weather got warm |
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Broke down and I sold my farm |
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Headed for the silver strike, |
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I took my wife |
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Calico silver gave us life. |
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You could hear the miners sing |
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When they made their hammers ring |
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You could hear them singing out |
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Oh, when they found |
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Calico silver underground |
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Pave the streets with silver |
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Let the wagons roll |
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Don't those mountains look just like |
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Calico. |
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Fifteen years down in the mines |
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I watched the silver shine |
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Listened to the big wheels churn |
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They were turned |
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By Calico silver that we earned. |
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Days were short and the laughter was long |
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Nails in the pine were strong |
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We thought nothing could go wrong |
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Not counting on |
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Calico silver to be gone. |
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Pave the streets with silver |
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Let the wagons roll |
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Don't those mountains look just like |
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Calico. |
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No ore in the richest mine |
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Railroad closed down the line |
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Nail up your windows and your doors. |
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Close the stores |
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Calico Silver is no more |
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Got my wagon ready to go |
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Been a hundred years and more |
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Since we hitched up our team |
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And it seems Calico silver |
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Was a dream |
