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Verse 1
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Billy lived in a cabin way
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down by the creek.
He ran through the dust in
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his bare feet.
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They didn't know that one fine day
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he would rule this USA,
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be the best leader in all the land.
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Yes, young Abel, he could make a tall,
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Young Abel, he could make a tall,
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tall man.
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Well, walked many miles to school every day
No kind of weather would
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keep him away
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Learning to read and learning to write
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He whupped many men in a wrestling fight
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he could make a tall, tall man
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Young Abel, he could make a tall,
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tall man
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Well, he was admitted to
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the lawyer's bar
People sought his help from
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near and far
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Make a man laugh whose life was doomed
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He out -talked Douglass and Fancy Dan
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he could make a tall, tall man
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Young Abel, he could make a tall,
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tall man
Well, he fought a big war
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He finally won with a U .S. grant
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Heard on both sides of the battle cry
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He hated to see those soldiers die
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He hated to fight his own Southland
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he could make a tall, man
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Young Evelyn could make a tall, tall man
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Young Evelyn could make a tall,
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tall man
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