Key: D
Introduction:
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She would meet me in the mornin' on my way down to the river,
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Waiting patient by the China Berry tree
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With her feet already dusty from the pathway to the levee,
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And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees.
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I'd pay her no attention as she tagged along beside me,
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Trying hard to copy ev'rything I did
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"Look a-yonder there goes Jody and the kid."
(verse 2)
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Now, the world's a little older, and the years have changed the river,
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'Cos there's houses where they didn't used to be
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And on Sundays I go walking down the pathway to the levee,
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With another little girl who follows me.
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And it makes the old folks smile to see her tag along beside me,
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Doing little things the way her Mamma did.
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"Look yonder there goes Jody and the kid."