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Old John Robertson he wore a Stetson hat
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People everywhere would laugh behind his back 
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No one cared to take any time to find out 
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What he was all about, fear kept them out 

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Children laughed and played and didn´t know his name 
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They could tell when he was coming just the same 
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Walking slow with old John´s crippled wife by his side 
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Then she sighed, then she died 

Magic words from him would charm some children´s ears 
But they laughed at him when he hid behind his tears 
All in vain was no game for he'd lost an old friend 
in the end, in the end