Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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he came down from Iowa
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in the summer of thirty -four
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He was poor and only
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thirteen years old
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But he was ready to be a man,
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and he was dreaming of a farm,
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with corn as high as the clouds.
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Well his father named him Abraham,
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Cause he only ate ham and potatoes,
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And there was only one
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And there he sat alone
at dinner every evening
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And he never had a woman
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cause he was always too busy working
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only spent his days
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And he never knew his mother,
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was given birth
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But his father told him that she was beautiful
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Well he was always in the field
before daybreak,
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And he saved every dollar
that he earned
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And his hands grew hard and rough
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And after a spell,
his feet were always aching
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Still he chopped every day
till his fire was so hot
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And the doctor, he told him Ham,
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you better get yourself some rest
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Or this workin's gonna be your en d
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But Ham never listened
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To advice that anybody told him
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Cause a man only listens to himself
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for 40 long years
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And he never had a woman,
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cause he was always too busy working
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only spent his pay
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And he never knew his mother,
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was given birth
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But his father told him that she was beautiful
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