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I was dragged out by the shore man, |
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A very poor man, |
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A very nice man, |
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A family man. |
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My lover drifted down the river, |
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Below the dark water, |
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The devil all around. |
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Yesterday on the street, |
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Someone called out your name, |
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Someone thought that you were me, |
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Last night there was a party, |
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I could not go, |
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I walked around it, |
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I thought about it, |
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All night long, |
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Today there is a newspaper, |
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About you and me, |
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And the day we were married, |
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The same day. |
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The same day they fell in love, |
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The same day they died in love. |
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I did not want you to die alone, |
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Rusty river run down, |
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Run, run as fast as you can, oh run, |
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Rusty river run ragged, |
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And drag my lover's self back to me, |
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I'll meet him there, |
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Water and air. |
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Oh to be at the bottom of a river, |
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Below the dark water, |
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The devil all around, |
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The devil all around. |