Key: F
Introduction:
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My youngest son came home today
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His friends marched with him all the way.
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A fife and drum beat out the time.
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While in his box of polished pine,
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Like dead meat on a butcher's tray,
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My youngest son came home today.
My youngest son was a fine young man,
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And this time he's home...to stay