When First Into This Country

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Oh My Name It Is Delainey, Its A 
Name It Dont Shame me
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If I Saved All My Money, I Never 
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Would Have Roamed
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But Drinking And Courting, Not 
Rambling And Sporting
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Are The Cause Of All My Ruin, My 
Absence From Home

[Verse 2]
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When First Into This Country, A 
Stranger I Came
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I Courted A Maiden, Nancy Was Her 
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Name
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I Courted For Love, But Her love I 
Couldn’t Obtain
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Do You Think I Have A Reason, Or A 
Right To complain

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[Verse 3]
  C             F         C
I Rode To See My Nancy, I Rode Night
 And Day
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I Stole A Fine Stallion, From 
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Colonel Charles Grey.
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I Rode To See My Nancy, I Rode Day 
And Night
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I Courted Fairest Nancy, My Own 
Hearts Delight

[Verse 4]
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The Sheriffs Men They followed, 
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And They Overtook Me
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And Carted Me Away, To The 
Penitentiary
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They Opened Up The Door And Threw Me
 Right In
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They Shaved Off All My Hair, They 
Cleared off My Chin

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[Verse 5]
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they beat me and they banged me, and
C
 fed me dried beans
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till I wished in my soul, that I'd 
never been a thief
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my hands stuck in my pocket, my 
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calfs set on low
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And my coat of many colors, just 
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like joseph of old