Key: D major
Verse 1
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If you're off to Philadelphia
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You mustn't take my stories for a guide
of the city you will read of
And all the folk I write about have died
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Now few will understand
if you mention Tally Rand
Or remember what his cunning
and his skill did
Count Zinzendorf
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Nor the church in Philadelphia he builded
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It is gone, gone, gone with lost At lantis
Never say I didn't give you warning
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In 1793 it was there for all to see
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If you're off to Philadelphia in the morning,
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you mustn't go by anything I've said.
have been laid aside for ages,
the Limited will take you there
instead. Toby Hurty can't be seen
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at 118 North 2nd Street,
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An d I fear you'll search in
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vain
for the wash house down the lane
Where Pharaoh played the fiddle at the ball
It is gone,
gone, gone with Peebs the Golden
Never say I didn't give you a warning
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In 1794 it was a famous dancing
floor
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If you're off to Philadelphia
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at some hotel.
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You needn't try your luck at
Epley's or the Buck,
though the father of
his country liked him well.
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It is not the slightest use
to inquire for Adam Goose,
or ask where Pastor Meader has removed.
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Of the church in Philadelphia he loved so
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gone with Martin Luther
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In 1795 he was, rest his soul, alive
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But if you're off to
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And wish to prove the truth of what I say
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I pledge my soul you'll find the
Unaltered since Red Jacket rode that way
Still the pinewoods scent the noon
Still the catbird sings its tune
Still autumn sets the maple
forest blazing
Still the fireflies in the corn
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They are there, there,
Citizens, I give you friendly warning
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when man and time depart,
You
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