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When the Work's All Done This Fall
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Marty Robbins
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Combined versions from Norman Blake and Doc Watson
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A group of jolly cowboys discussing plans at ease
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Said one I'll tell you something, boys, if you will listen, please
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I am an old cow puncher and here I'm dressed in rags
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I used to be a tough one and go on great big jags
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Once I had a home, boys, and a good one you all know
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Though I haven't seen it since long long years ago
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I'm going back to Dixie once more to see'em all
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Yes, I am going home, boys, when the work's all done this fall
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Now when I left my home, boys, my Mother for me cried
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She begged me not to go, boys, for me she would have died
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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 when the work's all done this fall
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When the roundup days are over and the shipping all is done
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I'm going right straight home, boys, before my money's gone
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I have changed my way, boys, no more will I fall
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Yes, I am going home, boys, when the work's all done this fall
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That very night the cowboy went out to stand his guard
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The night was dark and cloudy and storming very hard
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The cattle they got frightened and rushed in wild stampeed
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The cowboy tried to turn them while riding at full speed
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While riding in the darkness alone, he did shout
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He did his best to head them and turn the herd about
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His saddle horse did stumble and on him he did fall
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He'll not see his Mother when the work's all done this fall
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Boys, send my Mother my wages--the wages I have earned
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Cause I am afraid, boys, my last steer I have turned
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I'm going to a new range. I hear my Master's call
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Yes, I am going home, boys, when the work's all done this fall
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Fred, you take my saddle. Jim, you take my bed
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Johnny, take my pistol after I am dead
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Think about me kindly as you look upon them all
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I'll not see my Mother when the work's all done this fall
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Charlie was burried at sunrise. No toombstone at his head
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Nothing but a thin board, and this is what it said
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"poor Charlie died at daybreak. He died from a fall
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He'll not see his Mother when the work's all done this fall
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Submitted by Dennis Smith, Oak Ridge, NC
Lyrics~El Paso-Marty Robbins
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