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Introduction:
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Let me tell you the hard luck story
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About a man named Jack McDuff VERSE 1
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He believed in God and glory
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But he just wasn't tough enough
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I believe in the freedom song
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Long live liberty! CHORUS
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I believe in the freedom song
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I'll choose my own destiny
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Well they took him and they beat him
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Underneath the old hanging tree
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Saying, "Jack, you must die"
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"What will your last words be?"
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Jack, he hung his head back
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"Long live liberty!"
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"I believe in the freedom song"
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"Doesn't matter what you do to me"
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With a rope around his neck they left him hanging
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High on that old hanging tree
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"Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy"
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I believe in the freedom song
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Long live liberty!
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I believe in the freedom song
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Doesn't matter what you do to me
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