The Little Boy

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1855 a long time ago
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a little boy stands wai ting all 
alone
by the train tracks outside the 
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railroad depot
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and nobody knew what his name was

well he climbed up inside of the 
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very next train
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and the people asked him, ?lonely 
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boy what?s your name??
but he was too sick to talk so he 
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could not explain
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so nobody knew what his name was

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well all the people cared for him 
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and stayed by his side
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and the boys health grew weaker as 
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the hours passed by
and in his seat on that train car 
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the little boy died
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and nobody knew what his name was

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in South Carolina the train stops 
still
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and they carried him off in 
Graniteville
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they made a grave and buried him up 
on the hill
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still nobody knew what his name was

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to this day his grave?s kept clean 
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and covered with toys
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with hopes that he?ll have some 
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thing to enjoy
and his headstone still simple reads
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 ?The Little Boy?
cause nobody 
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knew what his name was

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well some nights at midnight a 
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light shines on his grave
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or so I?ve heard the townspeople say
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and some say they?ve even seen him 
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come out to play
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but still nobody knows what his name
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