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Get Up, Jake, it's late in the mornin' |
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the rain is pourin' and we got work to do. |
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Get Up, Jake, there's no need a-lyin', |
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You tell me that you're dyin', but I know it's not true. |
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Now, me and Jake, we work down on the river, |
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on the ferry "Baltimore". |
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And when Jake don't rise up in the mornin', |
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People lined up all along the shore. |
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Crap game will take you to the cleaners, |
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Rye whiskey to the grave. |
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River Woman don't you come no closer, |
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'Cause me and Jake got no time to save, Oh, oh, |
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Dirty Dan he came up from Savannah, |
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Carried a mean streak in his eye. |
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Now, him and Jake both wanted Annabella, |
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I guess one man here has got to die. |
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Get Up, Jake, it's late in the mornin' |
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the rain is pourin' and we got work to do. |
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Get Up, Jake, there's no need a-dyin', |
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Annabelle's cryin' and it's all for you. |