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Better Days

The skies are always golden for a DREAMER- Even on days when they are cold and gray- The Witching wind still blows across the meadow- And all the flowers come back again in May! Come with ME, and HOLD MY HAND- Is Religion all folk UNDERSTAND; And show the world a happy smile- WE ARE [...]

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The Sweetheart Tree

Then let us all go DREAMING- The DREAMS of the “Olden Time”- And there you’ll see the “Sweetheart Tree”- Where HER NAME is carved with MINE! For the winds still sway the SWEETHEART TREE…. Where She wrote her name……with mine! And we all have TREES IN THE FOREST- Where leaves with the IVY shine- And….there [...]

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As Years Go By

In the “Long Room” my fiddle lays- Sleeping the hours away- And no one ever cares at all- They are GLAD when I don’t play! But I and my fiddle don’t really care- He sings for me alone- When twilight falls across the west, And we dream of the Old Lost Home! Swannie River, and [...]

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Nothing Left

We only have this little spot In the world, and then its gone- Then we only have a lonely hill A tree….and a wild bird’s song And so My Boys..TURN UP YOUR GLASSES; Get rid of the heavy Damn Load! An then go an spend all your MONEY, Like you found the Damn Stuff in [...]

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