Gene Watson – Mr Candyman (Guitar)

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Here's a true story about an old man who would turn the page of the final chapter of his life.

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He would use pension money to buy candy and all the children called him Mr. Candyman.

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   They would gather around... children all around town

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   You would hear them calling to the window up above

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   "Mr. Candyman... answer us if you can

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Have you gone away? Don't you love us anymore?"

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   Old Ira Grey... used to live

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In the attic of an old tenement house

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   1861... he fought the Civil War

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Now he's old and crippled, don't get around much anymore

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   He'd take an old soup can... with trembling hands

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   Fill it with candy... and tie it with twine

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   From the window it came... children called out his name

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"Mr. Candyman... is back here again"

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   Old Ira Grey... used to play

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A tune on his fiddle to pass the time away

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   I'd hear him late at night, playing "The Sailor's Hornpipe"

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Then he'd laugh at himself and I'd swear old Ira was tight

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   He'd take an old soup can... with trembling hands

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   Fill it with candy... and tie it with twine

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   From the window it came... children called out his name

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"Mr. Candyman... you're back here again"

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   Old Ira Grey... passed away

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And he was laid to rest in Potter's field that day

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   No one seemed to care for the old man with the white hair

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But the children stared at the window up above

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   They would gather around... kids from all over town

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   You would hear them calling to the window up above

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   "Mr. Candyman... answer us if you can

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Have you gone away? Don't you love us anymore?

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Mr. Candyman, don't you love us anymore?

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Have you gone away? Don't you love us anymore?"