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Emmylou Harris
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I went down to Taneytown
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I went down to Taneytown
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To see what I could see
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My mama told me never go
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But I'm almost 22 years old
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Sometimes I fear this holler swollow me
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She ran off to Gettysburg
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Went off with that new beau of hers
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I snuck off after dark
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Long way down the county road
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Stars were bright
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The moon was low
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Down to where the black top highway starts
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[Chorus]
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I went down to Taneytown
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I went down to Taneytown
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I went down to see what I could see
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I could see everybody stared at me
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You'd think that they ain't never seen
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A colored boy before
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They chunked at me at me
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Called me names
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They'd have whipped me sure but the sheriff came
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I slipped off through the dry goods store
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I ran down Division Street
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Some of them boys followed me
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Down to the railroad track
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Four of them and I cain't fight
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But I had my old Randall knife
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I cut that boy and I never did look back
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[Chorus]
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Cross the fields and woods I run
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Like a bullet from a rabbit gun
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Back home to my bed
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Ma came in from Gettysburg
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Her and that new beau of hers
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";Boy you look like hell"; was all she said
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Month went by without a word
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Somebody down the holler heard
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About that boy they hung
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He begged those men to spare his life
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But I dropped my bloody Randall knife
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He picked it up so they thought he was the one
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I went down to Taneytown
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I went down to Taneytown
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I ain't goin' back there anymore
Emmylou Harris - (You Never Can Tell) C'...
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