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It's the Widow now that owns that angry plow,
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The Spartan Mule and The Crippled Cow.
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The fal low field that will yield no more.
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as the fox lay sleeping 'neath her kitchen floor.
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D G
The stream can't contain such the withering rain,
C D
From the pasture, the fence it is leaning away.
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The clouds crack and growl like some great cat on the prowl.
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Crying out, "I am, I am" over and over again.
The days grow short as the nights grow long.
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Dmaj7 Gm
The kettle sings its tortured songs.
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A many petaled kiss I place upon her brow.
Oh, my lady, lady I am loving you now.
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The Winter Birds have come back again.
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Here the sprightly chickadee, gone now is the Willow Wren.
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Gmaj7 C
In passing, greet each other as if old, old friends. And to the voiceless
Gmaj7 D
trees, it is their own they will lend.
The days grow short as the nights grow long.
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Dmaj7 Gm
The kettle sings its tortured songs.
Dmaj7 Gm
A many petaled kiss I place upon her brow.
Oh, my lady, lady I am loving you now.
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Though
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all these things will
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change,
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Gmaj7 D
the memories will remain.
As green to gold and gold to brown,
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the leaves will fall to feed the ground.
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And in their fall ing make no sound.
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Oh, my la dy, lady I am loving you now.
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D Gmaj7
I've gathered all my money and I'm goin' to town
C D
to buy my lady a long and flowing gown.
G
'Cause come tomorrow morning we're off to the county fair.
C G D
I'll find a yellow flower and I will lace it in her hair.
Oh, my la dy, lady I am loving you now.
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