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Tom T. Hall
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One night in the West Virginia mountains I got stranded in the deepening snow
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I found important house and took a small room no TV magazines or radio
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I've stood and watched the snow fall past the window
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And as a traveling man would sometimes do
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I've picked up the Bible and looked through it I found the stock of letters tied in blue
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The letters had been left there by a young girl there were ten and as I read the first
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I found that they were from a boy in Detroit
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Who'd sent for her as soon as he got work
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The first one mentioned her expected baby
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The one and two and three were much the same
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The fourth and fifth said that he might send to get her
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The sixth and seventh offered her his name
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The eighth and nineth were weeks apart in postmark
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They were short and asked about her help
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The tenth one was a tear stained on the pages
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Said that he had married someone else
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Next morning I felt guilty when I checked out
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As the highway people cleared away the snow
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I asked about the girl who used to live there
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They said she passed away three weeks ago
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Well I kept the letters but I never read them
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Oh but somewhere up in Detroit there's a man
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Who heard what happened down in West Virginia
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And we're the only two who understand
I Love, Tom T Hall, Little baby duck son...
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