Doc Watson – Rank Stranger (Guitar)

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I wandered again to my home in the mountains

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 Where at lifes early dawn I was happy and free

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I looked for my friends, but I never could find them

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I found they were all  rank strangers to me

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Everybody I met (everybody I met)

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Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)

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No mother or dad (no mother or dad)

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Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)

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They knew not my name (they knew not my name)

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And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)

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Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)

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  "They've all moved away, " said the voice of a stranger

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"To a beautiful home by the bright crystal sea"

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Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heaven

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Where no one will be   a stranger to me

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Everybody I met (everybody I met)

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Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)

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No mother or dad (no mother or dad)

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Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)

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They knew not my name (they knew not my name)

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And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)

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I found they were all (I found they were all)

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Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)