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[Verso 1]
 
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I was raised but a rambling boy 
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 To many a city I did enjoy 
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 And there I married me a pretty little wife 
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 And I loved her dearer than I love my life 


[Verso 2]
 
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She was pretty both neat and gay 
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 She caused me rob the road highway 
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 I robbed it yes I do declare 
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 I made myself ten thousand there 

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[Verso 3]
 
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Plenty dry goods for to carry me through 
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 My pistol swore like money too 
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 My forty four she never failed 
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 My true love come for to go my bail 


[Verso 4]

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My mother said she has no home 
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 My sister said she's all alone 
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 My wife she's left with sad despair 
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 With a broken heart and a baby there 

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[Verso 5]

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Now when I die don't bury me at all 
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 Just place me away in alcohol 
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 My forty four lay by my feet 
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 Please tell them I am just asleep.....