Key: B minor
Verse 1
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Listen to the story of Wil
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There never lived a man any finer
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But gold was his sin
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And that's where I came in
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So gather round me boys
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Gather round and let our story be gin
Willie of the valley
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he was a lifty with gold teeth a -shinin',
this is his history,
he lived in a mining town,
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oh but Willie of the Alley,
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was Willie of the Valley.
Willie took me places,
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the high class joints and the races,
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Fort V .A. Columbia with red satin lining,
the hat with a feather,
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the greenest one in town.
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Miss Philly got pal lied
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with Willie of the Valley,
The miner had a cave -in,
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poor old Willie gave in
lit forty candles
Dirty old donkey hauled him to
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the promised land
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On a hilly, nearly alley,
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they laid Willie on the valley
So take your caps off,
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for Willie of the Bands.
I said he was a good man,
he should have hung around.
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Poor Willie, I'm the best!
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