Whipporwill River

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My dad was a man with 2 hard 
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working hands
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He always took time out for me
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Well, I'd come home from school - 
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load up that ca noe
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He'd say "What's the bet gonna be"
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We'd float that boat down on 
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Whipporwill River
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Catch us a big one or two
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He taught me about life and it's 
simple pleasures
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And whatever else that he knew

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Then I met a girl with a hair 
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full of curls
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Pure and an innocent heart
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I knew she was the one - and when 
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weekends would come
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Wild horses couldn't keep us a 
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part

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We'd run those ponies down 
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Whipporwill River
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I'd steal a sweet kiss or two
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She taught me about love and it's 
simple pleasures
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And whatever else that she knew

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Well, I married that girl; and we
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 have a son
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He looks like my daddy used to
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His mom and I, always find time
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To do things that he likes to do

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He loves to go fishing on 
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Whipporwill River
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Ride in his grandad's ca noe
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We teach him about life, and it's 
simple pleasures
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And pass down a memory or two
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He loves to go fishing on 
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Whipporwill River
Em                       A
Ride in his grandad's ca noe
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We teach him about life, and it's 
simple pleasures
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And makinh a memory or two