Juanita The Traveler chords by Leti De La Vega

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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When Edith was born in the 1800s,
hard work was all she knew.
She worked the fields with her parents,
they traveled all America.
When the crop was harvested,
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she made time for her house.
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She made time for her house.
In traveling with her parents
The road was Juanita's second home
She hitchhiked wherever she roamed
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With truckers helping her
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With truckers helping her
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As she had her children,
her family helped her out
Her visits home were seasonal,
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an independent mo m,
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an independent mom.
Her husband's name is Alanis,
a very gentle man.
Her carpet bag was her ID
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on the Rio Grande,
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on the Rio  Grande.
She had real long white hair,
and wore long dresses too.
She drank a beer a day,
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and that's all she had to say.
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And that's all she had to say.
Truckers had a name for her,
now I can't recall.
They lined her up from town to town,
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until that final day.
Her children said, Nomas!
Her children said,
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Nomas!
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Juanita De La Vega,
you've just turned a hundred years
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It's time to stay home,
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you're getting much too old
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Juanita said, oh no,
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Juanita said, oh no
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Within that year she died,
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when Juanita said oh no.
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