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I Rode Southern (Real Audio 28.8)

Merle Lovell

select a song I rode Southern I rode L and MN
I rode Southern I rode L and M N
And the way I've been treated
I'm goin' to ride the rails again.

The way I've been treated sometimes I wish I was dead
The way I've been treated sometimes I wish I was dead
Cause I've got no place
To lay my weary head.

I rode Southern I rode L and M N
I rode Southern I rode L and M N
And the longest one I'veever rode
It is now began.

I'm a ramblin' man, I ramble from town to town
I'm a ramblin' man, I ramble from town to town
Been lookin for two blue eyes
And now they been found.

I gave her my watch,
and I gave her my chain
I gave her my watch,
and I gave her my chain
I gave her all I had
Before she let me change her name.


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