| He was just a little farm lad so busy at play
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| In his little play house down by the gate
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| He stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door
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| At the home of his tiny playmate
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| Then he saw his Daddy watching too
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| As the man swiftly walked to the cottage door
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| He knew they were strangers that came from the town
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| Men he had never seen before
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| They soon were at their work and he heard his Daddy say
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| Our neighbors are moving today
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| Oh no he cried dear God don’t let it be
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| They can’t take my sweetheart away
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| I know Dad that you don’t understand
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| How a heart so young could conceive a plan
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| I’m only seven now but it’s just like you said
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| Daddy someday I’ll be a man
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| The man who owns the farm where your playmate now lives
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| He told me it had to be this way
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| For winter time has come and their work is all done
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| So now they are moving away
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| Let us buy the farm so they can stay
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| Give them all my toys that dear Santy gave
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| And give him the pennies in my little piggy bank
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| Pennies that my darling helped me save |