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I remember well remember	B
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That dark and dreadful day	C
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When they whispered to me Chloe	D
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Your children's sold away	C
It seemed as if a bullet	E
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Had shot me through and through	F
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And I felt as if my heart strings	G
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Was breaking right in two	F
And I says to cousin Milly	D
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There must be some mistake	H
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Where's Mistus In the great house crying	I
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Crying like her heart would break	H
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And the lawyer's there with Mistus	G
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Says he's come to 'ministrate	E
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'Cause when master died he just left	E
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Heap of debt on the estate	E
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And I thought 'twould do you good	E
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To bid your boys good bye	J
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To kiss them both and shake their hands	G
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And have a hearty cry	J
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Oh Chloe I knows how you feel	K
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'Cause I'se been through it all	L
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I thought my poor old heart would break	H
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When master sold my Saul	L
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Just then I heard the footsteps	G
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Of my children at the door	M
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And then I rose right up to meet them	N
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But I fell upon the floor	M
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And I heard poor Jakey saying	I
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Oh mammy don't you cry	J
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And I felt my children kiss me	D
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And bid me both good bye	J
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Then I had a mighty sorrow	O
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Though I nursed it all alone	P
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But I wasted to a shadow	O
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And turned to skin and bone	P
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But one day dear uncle Jacob	Q
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In heaven he's now a saint	E
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Said Your poor heart is in the fire	B
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But child you must not faint	E
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Then I said to uncle Jacob	Q
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If I was good like you	F
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When the heavy trouble dashed me	D
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I'd know just what to do	F
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Then he said to me Poor Chloe	D
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The way is open wide	E
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And he told me of the Saviour	B
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And the fountain in His side	E
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Then he said Just take your burden	R
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To the blessed Master's feet	E
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I takes all my troubles Chloe	D
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Right unto the mercy seat	E
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His words waked up my courage	S
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And I began to pray	B
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And I felt my heavy burden	R
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Rolling like a stone away	B
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And a something seemed to tell me	D
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You will see your boys again	T
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And that hope was like a poultice	G
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Spread upon a dreadful pain	U
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And it often seemed to whisper	B
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Chloe trust and never fear	B
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You'll get justice in the kingdom	V
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If you do not get it here The Deliverance	G
Master only left old Mistus	G
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One bright and handsome boy	W
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But she fairly doted on him	X
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He was her pride and joy	W
We all liked Mister Thomas	G
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He was so kind at heart	E
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And when the young folkes got in scrapes	G
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He always took their part	E
He kept right on that very way	B
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Till he got big and tall	L
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And old Mistus used to chide him	X
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And say he'd spile us all	L
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But somehow the farm did prosper	B
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When he took things in hand	E
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And though all the servants liked him	X
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He made them understand	E
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One evening Mister Thomas said	E
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Just bring my easy shoes	G
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I am going to sit by mother	B
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And read her up the news	G
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Soon I heard him tell old Mistus	G
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We're bound to have a fight	E
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But we'll whip the Yankees mother	B
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We'll whip them sure as night	E
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Then I saw old Mistus tremble	Y
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She gasped and held her breath	Z
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And she looked on Mister Thomas	G
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With a face as pale as death	Z
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They are firing on Fort Sumpter	B
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Oh I wish that I was there	B
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Why dear mother what's the matter	B
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You're the picture of despair	B
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I was thinking dearest Thomas	G
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'Twould break my very heart	E
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If a fierce and dreadful battle	Y
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Should tear our lives apart	E
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None but cowards dearest mother	B
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Would skulk unto the rear	B
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When the tyrant's hand is shaking	I
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All the heart is holding dear	B
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I felt sorry for old Mistus	G
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She got too full to speak	A2
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But I saw the great big tear drops	G
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A running down her cheek	A2
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Mister Thomas too was troubled	E
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With choosing on that night	E
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Betwixt staying with his mother	B
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And joining in the fight	E
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Soon down into the village came	B2
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A call for volunteers	G
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Mistus gave up Mister Thomas	G
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With many sighs and tears	G
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His uniform was real handsome	V
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He looked so brave and strong	C2
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But somehow I could'nt help thinking	I
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His fighting must be wrong	C2
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Though the house was very lonesome	V
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I thought 'twould all come right	E
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For I felt somehow or other	B
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We was mixed up in that fight	E
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And I said to Uncle Jacob	Q
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How old Mistus feels the sting	I
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For this parting with your children	R
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Is a mighty dreadful thing	I
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Never mind said Uncle Jacob	Q
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Just wait and watch and pray	B
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For I feel right sure and certain	R
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Slavery's bound to pass away	B
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Because I asked the Spirit	E
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If God is good and just	E
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How it happened that the masters	G
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Did grind us to the dust	E
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And something reasoned right inside	E
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Such should not always be	D
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And you could not beat it out my head	E
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The Spirit spoke to me	D
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And his dear old eyes would brighten	R
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And his lips put on a smile	D2
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Saying Pick up faith and courage	S
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And just wait a little while	D2
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Mistus prayed up in the parlor	B
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That the Secesh all might win	E2
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We were praying in the cabins	G
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Wanting freedom to begin	E2
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Mister Thomas wrote to Mistus	G
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Telling 'bout the Bull's Run fight	E
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That his troops had whipped the Yankees	G
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And put them all to flight	E
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Mistus' eyes did fairly glisten	R
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She laughed and praised the South	F2
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But I thought some day she'd laugh	G2
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On tother side her mouth	F2
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I used to watch old Mistus' face	G
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And when it looked quite long	C2
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I would say to Cousin Milly	D
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The battle's going wrong	C2
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Not for us but for the Rebels	G
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My heart would fairly skip	H2
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When Uncle Jacob used to say	G
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The North is bound to whip	H2
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And let the fight go as it would	E
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Let North or South prevail	I2
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He always kept his courage up	J2
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And never let it fail	I2
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And he often used to tell us	G
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Children don't forget to pray	G
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For the darkest time of morning	I
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Is just 'fore the break of day	G
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Well one morning bright and early	D
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We heard the fife and drum	V
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And the booming of the cannon	R
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The Yankee troops had come	V
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When the word ran through the village	S
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The colored folks are free	D
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In the kitchens and the cabins	G
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We held a jubilee	D
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When they told us Mister Lincoln	R
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Said that slavery was dead	E
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We just poured our prayers and blessings	G
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Upon his precious head	E
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We just laughed and danced and shouted	E
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And prayed and sang and cried	E
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And we thought dear Uncle Jacob	Q
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Would fairly crack his side	E
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But when old Mistus heard it	E
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She groaned and hardly spoke	K2
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When she had to lose her servants	G
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Her heart was almost broke	K2
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'Twas a sight to see our people	Y
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Going out the troops to meet	E
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Almost dancing to the music	L2
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And marching down the street	E
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After years of pain and parting	I
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Our chains was broke in two	F
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And we was so mighty happy	D
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We didn't know what to	F