Van Lear Rose

INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
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One of my fondest memories
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Was sittin' on my daddy's knee
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Listenin' to the stories that he 
told
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He'd pull out that old photograph
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Like a treasured memory from the 
past, and say
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"Child, this here's the Van Lear 
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Rose"

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VERSE 2:

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Oh, how it would bring a smile
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When he talked about her big, blue 
eyes
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And how her beauty ran down to her 
soul
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She'd walk across the coal miner's 
yard
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Them miners would yell loud and hard
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And they'd dream of who would 
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hold the Van Lear Rose

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She was the belle of Johnson county
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Ohio river to Big Sandy
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A beauty to behold like a diamond in
 the coal
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All the miners they would gather 
'round
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And talk about the man that came to 
town
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Right under their nose, stole the 
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heart of the Van Lear Rose

VERSE 3:

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Now, the Van Lear Rose could of had 
her pick
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And all the fellers figured rich
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Until this poor boy caught her eye
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His buddies would all laugh and say,
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"You're dreamin' boy,she'll never 
look your way
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You'll never, ever hold the Van Lear
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 Rose"


CHORUS

BRIDGE:
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Then one night in mid-July
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Underneath that old blue Kentucky 
sky
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Well, that poor boy won that 
beauty's heart

Then my daddy would look at my mommy
 and smile
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As he brushed the hair back from my 
eyes and he'd say,
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"Your mama, she's the Van Lear Rose"


CHORUS

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Right under their nose, stole the 
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heart of the Van Lear Rose