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Introduction:
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There was a Camptown man who used to plow and sing
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He loved that mule and the mule loved him
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When the day got long as it does about now
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I'd hear him singing to his muley cow
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Calling come on my sweet old girl
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I?d bet the whole damn world
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We?re gonna make it yet to the end of the row
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Singing hard times ain?t gonna rule my mind
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Hard times ain?t gonna rule my mind, Bessie
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Hard times ain?t gonna rule? my mind
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No more
He said it's a big old world, heavy in need