| There were no cuckoos, no sycamores
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| Played upon the forest floors
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| Underneath the silver maple
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| Balsams and the sky
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| We plucked the heads off the dandelions
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| Assuming roles of nursery rhymes
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| Rested on the riverbed
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| And grew up by and by
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| And grew up by and by
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| Frail my heart apart and play me a little shady grove
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| Ring the bells are in me 'til they ring inside my head forever
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| Bounce the ball, rock the gallows for the hangman’s reel
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| And wake the devil from his dream
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| I’m going back to Harlan
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| I’m going back to Harlan, oh
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| I’m going back
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| And if you were Willie Moore
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| I was Bob Rallen
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| Oh, fair Ellen, oh, sat at the cabin door
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| Weepin' and a-pining for love
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| Oh, weeping and a-pining for love
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| Frail my heart apart and play me a little shady grove
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| Ring the bells are in me 'til they ring inside my head forever
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| Bounce the ball, rock the gallows for the hangman’s reel
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| And wake the devil from his dream
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| I’m going back to Harlan
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| I’m going back to Harlan, oh
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| I’m going back
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| I’m going back to Harlan, oh
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| I’m going back to Harlan
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| I’m going back to Harlan |