The Deadwood Stage

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Oh the Deadwood stage is rolling on 
over the plains
With the curtains flapping and the 
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driver slapping the reins
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Beautiful sky a wonderful day
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Whip crack away whip crack away 
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whip crack away

[Verse 2]
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Oh the Deadwood stage is heading on 
over the hills
Where the Injun arrows are thicker 
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than porcupine quills
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Dangerous land no time to delay
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So whip crack away whip crack away 
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whip crack away

[Bridge A1]
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We're heading straight for town 
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loaded down with a fancy cargo
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Care of Wells and Fargo Illinois - 
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boy

[Verse 3]
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Oh the Deadwood stage is coming on 
over the crest
Like a homing pigeon that's 
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hankering after its nest
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Twenty three miles we've covered 
today
Continúa después del anuncio
Eliminar anuncios
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So whip crack away whip crack away 
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whip crack away

[Bridge A2]
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The wheels go turning round 
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homeward bound can't you hear them 
humming
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Happy times are coming for to 
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stay - hey

[Verse 4]
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We'll be home tonight by the light 
of the silvery moon
And our hearts are thumping like a 
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mandolin plunking a tune
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When I get home I'm fixing to stay
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So whip crack away whip crack away 
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whip crack away
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Whip crack away whip crack away 
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whip crack away

[Instrumental- Key of A]

[Verse 5]
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Introducin' Henry Miller
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Just as busy as a fizzy 
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sarsparilla
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He's a showman and he's smarter
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Operates the Golden Garter
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Where the cream of Deadwood City 
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come to dine
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And I'm glad to say he's a very good
 friend of mine

[Bridge B]
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Hi, Joe. Say, where d'you get them 
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fancy clothes?
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I know! Off some fellow's laundry 
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line
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Hi, Beau. Aren't you the Prairie 
Rose?
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Smelling like a watermelon vine

[Verse 6]
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Here's a man the Sheriff watches
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On his gun there's more 'n 
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twenty-seven notches
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On the draw there's no one faster
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And you're flirting with disaster
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When Bill Hickok's reputation you 
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malign
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And I'm glad to say he's a very good
 friend of a friend    of  mine