Owensboro

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Well I lived in a town way down 
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south by the name of Owensboro
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And I worked in a mill   with the 
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rest of the trash  as we're often 
D/F#    A
called
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As you know


Verse 2

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Well, we rise up early in the 
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morning and we work all day real 
hard
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To buy our little meat and bread 
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  buy sugar tea     and lard


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Verse 3

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Well our children they grow grow up
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 unlearned with no time to go to 
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school
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Almost before they learn to walk  
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   they learn to spin    and spool


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Verse 4

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Well, the folks in town they dress 
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so fine and spend their money free
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But they would hardly look  at a 
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factory hand    who dresses like  
 A       D
  you or me
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Would you let them wear their 
watches fine let them wear their 
 G              D
gems and pearly strings
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But when that day   of judgement 
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comes   they'll have to share  
             D
 their pretty things
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But when that day   of judgement 
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comes   they'll have to share  
             D
 their pretty things