| On the vermilion river
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| On a packet bound for Saint Clair
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| Ride the lady we love the best
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| She’s the Belle of the West
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| From somewhere down in Arkansas
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| But, who’s to say?
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| She just started that way
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| She’s the Belle of the West
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| Just a plain little lady
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| Going down the big muddy
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| On her way back home
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| For, yes, she dreamed of this day
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| With her lover she stormed away
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| Never knowing someday she’d become
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| The Belle of the West
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| Up on Crowley’s Ridge
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| There’s a headstone etched in black
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| Here lies the lady we love best
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| And each night they would pray
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| Way back home in Arkansas
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| Girl, you’re drifting too far from the shore
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| You’re drifting too far
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| She’s the Belle of the West
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| Just a painted lady
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| Going down the big muddy
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| On her way back home
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| For, yes, she dreamed of this day
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| Never once thinking of home
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| Now, she’s southbound for glory
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| The Belle of the West
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| She’s southbound for glory
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| The Belle of the West
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| Oh, she’s southbound for glory
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| The Belle of the West |