The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn (Alison Kraus & Union Station)
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Tell | ya' | little | story | and | it | won't | take | long, |
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'bout | a | lazy | farmer | who | wouldn't | hoe | his | corn. |
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The | reason | why | I | never | could | tell, | For | that |
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young | man | was | always | well. |
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He | planted | his | corn | in | the | month | of | June. | By |
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July | it | was | up | to | his | eyes. | Come | September, | came |
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a | big | frost. | And | all | the | young | man's | corn | was |
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| His | court | - | ship | had | | just | beg | - | un. | | |
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| | | | Said, | " | Young | | man, | have | you | |
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hoed | some | | corn?" | | | | | "Well | I | |
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tried | and | I | tr | - | ied, | and | I | tr | - | ied | in | |
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vain. | | | | | But | I | | don't | be | lieve | I | | |
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raised | no | - | grain." | | | | |
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He | | went | d | own | | town | to | his | | neighb | our's | |
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doo | r. | | | | Where | | he | h | ad | | of | ten | | been |
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be | - | fore. | | | | | Sayin' | " | - | Pretty | lit | tle |
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| miss, | will | you | | marr | y | | me? | | | | |
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| Little | miss | what | | | do | you | | say?" | | |
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" | - | Why | do | you | c | - | ome | for | | me | t | o | | wed | | ? | |
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| | You, | | can't | e | ven | m | - | ake | your | | own |
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corn | | grain. | | | | | | Single | I | am, | |
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| and | | will | re | - | main. | | | | | A | |
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lazy | man, | I | | | won't | | maintain." | |
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He | turned | his | back | and | walked | away. | Sayin: |
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"Little | miss, | you'll | rue | the | day. | | You'll |
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rue | the | day | that | you | were | born. | For | givin' | me |
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the | devil | 'cos | I | wouldn't | hoe | corn." |
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