| Over the river on Horseshoe Lake
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| Where they cause my poor heart to break
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| Cut the pigeon wing around my neck
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| Over the river on Horseshoe Lake
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| The night is so lonesome the day is so long
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| Since poor old Lee Bailey caught the train and gone
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| Left us here to sing this song
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| The night is so lonesome the day is so long
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| Lay side by side in Gravel Springs
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| Did you hear the church bells ring
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| We were singin and dancin and crying in the rain
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| Lay side by side in Gravel Springs
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| The night is so lonesome the day is so long
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| Berniece and Otha Turner caught the train and gone
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| Left us here to sing the song
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| The night is so lonesome the day is so long
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| You can hear the sound comin' down the highway
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| All night long they used to play
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| Down at Junior Kimbrough’s every Sunday
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| You can hear the sound comin' down the highway
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| Times done been won’t be no more |