Young Abe Lincoln (Make A Tall, Tall Man) chords by Johnny Horton
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Well, he lived in a cabin
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way down by the creek
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He ran through the dust in his bare feet
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But they didn't know that one fine day
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That he would rule this USA
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And be the best leader in all the land
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Yes, young Abelie can make a tall,
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tall man
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Young Abel Lincoln, make a tall, tall man
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He walked many miles to school every day
And no kind of weather could
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keep him away
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Learning to read and learning to write
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He whipped any man in a wrestling fight
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He whipped many of them
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with just one hand
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Yes, young Abel Lincoln,
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make a tall, tall man
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Young Abel Lincoln, make a tall, tall man
Now he was admitted to
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the lawyer's bar
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People seeked his help from near and far
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He could talk a country mile
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in an old courtroom
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Make a man laugh whose
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life was doomed
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He out -talked Douglas or Fancy Dan
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Yes, young Abel Lincoln make a tall,
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tall man
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Young Abel Lincoln make a tall, tall man
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We had a big war while he's President
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Finally won with a U .S. grant
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He hurt both sides of the battle cry
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Hated to see those soldiers die
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He hated to fight his own Southland
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Yes, young Abel Lincoln made a tall,
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tall man
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Young Abel, he can make a tall, tall man
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Yes, young Abel, he can make a tall, tall man
Young Abe Lincoln (Make A Tall, Tall Man)
Johnny Horton
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