The river

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I come from down in the valley, where mister when you're young,
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they bring you up to do, like your daddy done.
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Me and Mary we met in high school, when she was just seventeen,
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we'd drive out of this valley down to where the fields were green.




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We'd go down to the river, and into the river we'd dive.
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Oh down to the river we'd ride.




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Then I got Mary pregnant, and man that was all she wrote.
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And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat.
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We went down to the courthouse, and the judge put it all to rest.
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No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, no flowers, no wedding dress.




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That night we went down to the river, and into the river we'd dive.
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Oh down to the river we'd ride.