Caleb Brown chords by Janis Ian
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Kelly Brown was a mighty fine man
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His skin was the color of the good rich land
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He bought a slow -beard mule named Dan
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And broke a little piece of ground
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Feared the place with his
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own bare hands
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Made cotton grow in the
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rocks and the sand
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Thought he'd found
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the promised land
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Till the soldiers came to town
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Gather by the river
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Light a fire in the old hidden ground
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Stand by the river, they're burning
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Dixie down
Kevin Brown never took a side,
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always hoped the war
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would pass him by
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Trouble came and he closed his eyes,
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till he woke to the sound of the guns
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Stole the chickens and the old milk cow,
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left him nothing but a broken heart
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He cried out, what can I do now
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but to wait for the kingdom come?
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Gather by the river,
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light a fire in the old campground
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Stand and deliver
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their burning big seed
This war was a mighty fine war,
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was a war like the world never seen before.
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Only one not keeping score
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was a man named Caleb Brown.
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No one knows what his eyes have seen,
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how he washed his hands
in a bloody stream.
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Buried all his hopes and dreams
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Down in the cold, cold ground
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Gather by the river
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Light a fire in the old campground
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Stand and deliver
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Their burning Dixie down
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Stand and deliver
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Their burning Dixie down
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You
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Caleb Brown
Janis Ian
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