| I’ve got a lover way over there on the mountainside
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| And I know that’s where I should be.
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| And don’t you know, I’ve got a lover way over there
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| Across the river wide, I can hear her calling to me.
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| Oh, she’s callin' my name, so sweet and so plain.
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| I can hear her saying (come to me baby)
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| I’m going away.
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| I’m gonna stay.
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| Ah, they tell me that the river’s too deep
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| And it’s much too wide for you can’t get across to the other side.
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| But they don’t know I’ve got to get there and hold her in my arms
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| Just a one more time like I did before when she was mine all mine.
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| Cause I can hear her saying (come to me baby)
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| I’m going away.
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| I’m going to stay.
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| I’m gonna get to you, no matter what I have to do.
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| (Instrumental break)
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| Ah, they tell me that the river’s too deep
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| And it’s much too wide for you can’t make it over to the other side.
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| But they don’t know I’ve got to get there and hold her in my arms
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| Just a one more time like I did before when she was mine all mine.
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| Cause I can hear her saying (come to me baby)
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| I’m going away.
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| I’m going to stay.
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| Oh, baby, when I get back I ain’t going nowhere.
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| Ah, because the river ain’t deep enough or mountain ain’t steep enough
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| To keep me from your side
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| I got to ya ya ya… |