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Verse 1
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My name is Dan Gold.
An old bachelor I am.
an elegant plan.
on Alberta's bush plain.
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A starvin' to death on a government
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claim.
there's room for you all,
and the rain always falls,
and there it remains
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on our government claims.
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My house, it is built of the natural soil,
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my walls are erected
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according to oil,
my roof has no pitch,
it is level and plain,
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when it happens to rain.
my language is rough,
and solid and tough.
over the room,
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at the sight of a broom.
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How happy I feel when I roll
into bed
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Crawls over my face and into
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my ear
The little bedbug,
so cheerful and bright
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It keeps me a -pluffin' two -thirds
of the night
And the smart little flea,
with tacks in his toes,
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whiskers and tickles me nose.
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You may try to raise wheat,
you may try to raise rye,
But as for myself,
I'll no longer remain
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A starvin' to death on
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a government claim.
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So, farewell to Alberta,
farewell to the West
It's backwards,
get me a wife
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And never eat cornbread
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the rest of me life
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Eb Fm
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