| A poor old man came riding by
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| And we say so, and we know so
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| O, a poor old man came riding by
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| O, poor old man
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| Says I, «Old man, your horse will die.»
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| And we say so, and we know so
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| And if he dies, we’ll tan his hide
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| O, poor old man
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| And if he don’t, I’ll ride him again
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| And we say so, and we know so
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| And I’ll ride him, 'til the Lord knows when
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| O, poor old man
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| O, he’s dead as a nail in the lamp room door
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| And we say so, and we know so
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| And he won’t come worrying us no more
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| O, poor old man
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| We’ll use the hair of his tail to sew our sails
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| And we say so, and we know so
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| And the iron of his shoes to make deck nails
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| O, poor old man
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| We’ll rop him down with a long long ro'
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| And we say so, and we hope so
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| Where the sharks have his body and the devil takes his soul!
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| O, poor old man |