Key: D major•
Verse 1
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a poor man's daughter
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All my life I've had a poor girl's hand
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Till the day it came that I was promised
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For my beauty to a rich young man
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Days they pass and nights they followed
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Up in my ragged skirts for the last time,
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to my wedding down in Mexico.
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All my life I've been
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a poor man's daughter,
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never have I known a day of rest.
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how my heart it beat within my breast.
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I was born a poor man's daughter,
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I've been a ragamuffin all my life.
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Long white dresses, lace on flowers,
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oh, I'll be happy as a rich man's wife.
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As the horses raced with my carriage,
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oh, the pastor beat my heart.
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Oh, my lover and my marriage,
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then my carriage gave
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a lurch and stopped.
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How I paced and how I waited,
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how I wanted to continue on.
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How I hated for to waste one hour
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in that dirty little border town.
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Men have said that wo men are fickle,
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changeable as birds in flight.
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Men have said that women are fickle,
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and I think perhaps that men are right.
Strong and handsome
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was the one who helped me right
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my carriage and get on my way.
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Strong and handsome and poor,
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the stranger I have loved
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ever since that day.
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I arrived at my bridegroom's door,
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I pulled his hair and I kicked his knee.
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Dirtied my face and I wore no shoes,
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oh no fine gen tleman shall marry me.
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Now my carriage is turned around,
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round the Mexican border I'll live my life.
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I was born a poor man's daughter,
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I'll be happy as a poor man's wife.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD A Bm G Dm
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