Carroll County Accident

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Carroll County's pointed out as 
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kind of square
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The biggest thing that happens is 
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the county fair
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I guess that's why we thought it 
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such a big event
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What we call the Carroll County 
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accident

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The wreck was on the highway just 
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inside the line
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Walter Browning lost his life and 
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for a time
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It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones 
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would surely die
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But she lived long enough for her 
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to testify
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Walter Browning was a happy married 
man
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And he wore a golden wedding ring 
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upon his hand
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But it was gone, nobody knew just 
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where it went
Continúa después del anuncio
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He lost it in the Carroll County 
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accident


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Mary Ellen testified that he flagged
 her down
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Said he was sick and could she 
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drive him into town
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No one even doubted what she said 
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was true
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'Cause she was well respected in 
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the county too
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I went down to see the wreck like 
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all the rest
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The bloody seats, the broken glass,
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 the tangled mess
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But I found something no one else 
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had even seen
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Behind the dash in Mary's crumpled 
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up machine


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A little match box circled by a 
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rubber band
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And inside the ring from Walter 
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Browning's hand
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It took awhile to figure out just 
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what it meant
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The truth about the Carroll County 
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accident
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By dark of night I dropped the ring
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 into a well
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And took a sacred oath that I would
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 never tell
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The truth about the Carroll County 
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accident
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Cause the County ordered dad a 
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marble monument
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Yes, I lost him in the Carroll 
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County accident