Misc Traditional – Springfield Mountain (Guitar)

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On springfield mountain there did dwell

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A handsome youth, was known full well

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Lieutenant Merrill's only son

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A likely youth, full twenty one

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On friday morning he did go

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Down to the meadows for to mow

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He mowed, he mowed all round the field

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With a poisonous serpent at his heel

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When he recieved his deathly wound

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He laid his scythe upon the ground

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For to return was his intent

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Calling aloud, long as he went

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His calls were heard both far and near

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But no friend to him did appear

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They thought he did some workman call

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Alas, poor man, alone did fall

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Day being past, night coming on

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The father went to seek his son

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And there he found, his only son

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Cold as a stone, dead on the ground

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He tooK him up and he carried him home

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And on the way did lament and mourn

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SaYing 'I heard but did not come

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And now I'm left alone to mourn'

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In the month of August, the twenty first

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When this sad accident was done

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May this be a warning to you all

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To be prepared, when God shall call