Key: C major
Verse 1
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Come on over here, young Davey.
What do you want, Uncle Bob?
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Hunter song?
Reckon not.
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G
All you got to do is answer,
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to everything I sing.
Once was a hunter.
That's where you come in.
Just like me.
Now, let's take it again.
Once was a hunter.
Just like me.
Thought he'd go a -hunting.
Just like me.
Took up his musket.
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Just like me.
Em
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Just like me.
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He was strong as an ox,
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Just like me.
Just like me.
Wouldn't shoot a possum.
Just like me.
Cause he'd only shoot
the biggest one.
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He was proud as a feather,
Climbed up a mountain just
like me
biggest highest mountain
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just like me felt a little thirsty
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Just like me found a fresh spring
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Bend it down to drink some just like me
a swell -headed mule?
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Now what you say is entirely true
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a swell -headed mule just like you
You tricked me into it.
Now it's my turn.
I'll make up my own words.
just like me.
Gotcha. Once was a rabbit.
Just like me.
cabbage.
Just like me.
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Just like me.
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smart as a habit, just like me.
Wouldn't eat a carrot,
just like me,
wouldn't eat a parsnip,
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He was hard as butter,
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sure as a stutter, just like me.
Hopped in a trash bin, just like me.
Hopped in a weed patch,
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Felt a little thirsty, just like me.
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Found a big pan of water, just like me.
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A handsome man, just like you.
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A handsome man, just like me.
Ha ha ha, you got me.
Got me fair and square, young Davey.
Let's you and me go fishing, Uncle Bob.
young Davey.
After that,
maybe we'll do a little hunting.
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Yeah, only, uh, better not tell your mom.
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