Key: G
Introduction:
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There once was a musical troupe a pickinF singinF folk group
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they sang the mountain ballads and the folk songs of our land
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They were long on musical ability folks thought they would go far
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but political incompatibility led to their downfall
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well the one on the right was on the left
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and the one in the middle was on the right
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and the one on the left was in the middle
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and the guy in the rear was a Methodist *
This musical agregation toured the entire nation