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1. He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck, 
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and he'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck. 
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And his teeth were gone, but what the heck, 
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I thought that he walked on water. 
 
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2. He said he was a cowboy when he was young.  
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He could handle a rope and he was good with a gun. 
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And my mama's daddy was his oldest son,-- 
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and I thought that he walked on water.   
 
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If the story's told,  only heaven knows. 
                      A                D 
But his hat seemed to me like an old halo. 
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  And although his wings,  they were never seen. 
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I thought that he walked on water.
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3. Then he tied a cord to the end of a mop,  
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and said, "Son, here's a pony, keep her at a trot." 
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And I'd ride in circles while he laughed  alot. 
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Then I'd flop down beside him. 
 
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And he was ninety years old in sixty-three 
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and I loved him and he loved me. 
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And lord, I cried the day  he died,  
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'cause I thought that he walked on water. 
 
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