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When The Works All Done This Fall
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Marty Robbins
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A group of jolly cowboys
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Discussing plans at ease
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Said one, ‽I'll tell you something, boys
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If you will listen, pleaseâ€
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‽I am an old cow puncher
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And here I'm dressed in rags
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I used to be a tough one
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And go on great big jagsâ€
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‽Once I had a home, boys
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And a good one you all know
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Though I haven't seen it since
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Long long years agoâ€
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‽I'm going back to Dixie
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Once more to see'em all
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Yes, I am going home, boys
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When the work's all done this fallâ€
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‽Now when I left my home, boys
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My Mother for me cried
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She begged me not to go, boys
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For me she would have diedâ€
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‽My mother's heart is breaking
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I've broken it that's all
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But with God's help I'll see her
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When the work's all done this fallâ€
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‽When the roundup days are over
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And the shipping all is done
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I'm going right straight home, boys
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Before my money's goneâ€
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‽I have changed my way, boys
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No more will I fall
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Yes, I am going home, boys
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When the work's all done this fallâ€
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That very night the cowboy went out
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To stand his guard
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The night was dark and cloudy
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And storming very hard
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The cattle, they got frightened
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And rushed in wild stampede
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The cowboy tried to turn them
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While riding at full speed
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While riding in the darkness alone
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He did shout
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He did his best to head them
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And turn the herd about
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His saddle horse did stumble
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And on him he did fall
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He'll not see his mother
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When the work's all done this fall
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‽Boys, send my Mother my wages
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The wages I have earned
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‽'Cause I am afraid, boys
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My last steer I have turnedâ€
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I'm going to a new range
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I hear my Master's call
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Yes, I am going home, boys
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When the work's all done this fallâ€
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‽Fred, you take my saddle
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Jim, you take my bed
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Johnny, take my pistol
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After I am deadâ€
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‽Think about me kindly
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As you look upon them all
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I'll not see my mother
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When the work's all done this fallâ€
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Charlie was buried at sunrise
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No tombstone at his head
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Nothing but a thin board
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And this is what it said
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‽Poor Charlie died at daybreak
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He died from a fall
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He'll not see his mother
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When the work's all done this fall ‽
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