Greer County Bachelor

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My name is Tom Hight, an old 
bachelor I am,
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You’ll find me out West in the 
county of fame,
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You’ll find me out West on an 
elegant plain
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Starving to death on my government 
claim.


[Verse 2]
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Hurrah for Greer County! The land of
 the free,
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The land of the bedbug, grasshopper,
 and flea;
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I’ll sing of its praises, I’ll tell 
of its fame
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While I’m starving to death on my 
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government claim.


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[Verse 3]
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How happy am I when I crawl into 
bed!
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A rattlesnake hisses a tune at my 
head,
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A gay little centipede, all without 
fear
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Crawls over my pillow and into my 
ear.


[Verse 4]
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My clothes is all ragged, my 
language is rough;
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My bread is corndodgers, both solid 
and tough;
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And yet I am happy and live at my 
ease,
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On sorghum, molasses, and bacon and 
cheese.

[Verse 5]
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Good-bye to Greer County, where 
blizzards arise
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Where the sun never sinks, and a 
flea never dies
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And the wind never ceases but always
 remains
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Till it starves us to death on our 
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government claim.


[Verse 6]
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Farewell to Greer County, farewell 
to the West,
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I’ll travel back East to the girl I 
love best,
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I’ll travel back Texas and marry me 
a wife,
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And quit eatin’ corndodgers for the
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 rest of my life.