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Poor bottom Virginia
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In the spring of '43
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Waltzin' to your Ma's
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Clawhammer banjo melody
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Tryin' to catch our breath
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Beneath the lonesome maple tree
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Shakin' and a weepin'
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You declared your love for me
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Sooner than we'd crossed the
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Threshold of your cabin door
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'Fore the blossoms fell
D E7
Our country called you off to war
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I saw you to the station
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And above the engines roar
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Shakin' and a weepin'
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Swore I'd wait forever more
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And then soldier who
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They mistook for you
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Bore the brunt of the battle and died
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The misguided news
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Ended my life too
D A
For shakin' and a weepin'
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I became your brothers bride
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Hangin' out the washin'
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Of a boy I hardly knew
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Heavy with the promise
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Only dyin can undo
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You crossed the prairie homeward
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With your heart beat black and blue
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Shakin' and a weepin' cause your
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Woman proved untrue
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And at the break of day
D A
Watched your body sway
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From the arm of an old maple tree
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Cut the ropes red braid
D E7
With the same sweet blade
D A
That shakin' and a weepin'
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Sent me swiftly home to thee
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Wakin' and a sleepin' by your side eternaly