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Kentucky 
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You are the dearest land outside of Heaven to me 
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I miss your laurel and your redbud trees 

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When I die, 
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I want to rest upon a graceful mountain so high 
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For that is 
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Where God will look for me 

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I miss the old folks singing in the silvery moonlight 
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I miss the hound dogs chasin' coons 

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I know that 
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My mother, dad and sweetheart are waiting for me 
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I will be coming soon 
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