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Stranded in Nashville. I?m a Boy from Old Perlican.
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I went Buskin? down Broadway I made 4 bucks American.
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An? I?m homesick and wishin? I was still back home fishin?
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But all those times are gone.
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How strange to be in Tennessee singin? Newfoundland Songs
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I crossed over the border ?neath the light from the stars.
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? had the luck of da Irish I had my daddy?s guitar.
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It?s Gibson J 45, it?s gonna keep me alive.
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And comfort me midnight ?til dawn.
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Aw how strange to be here in Tennessee
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Singin? Newfoundland Songs
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I know it isn?t Hank Williams, though I can sing him as well.
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I Sing Jimmy Roger?s Blue Yodel, I sing Lefty???. Frizzell.
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And I?m a stranger here in Tennessee I?m a boy from around the bay
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Ah yeah, but I know how to sing boys and I know how to play.
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?Cause my daddy taught me, taught me these words, taught me these chords.
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And he taught me before he passed on.
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Ah how strange to be in Tennessee singin? hard hard times
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Singin? kid on the pond.
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Singin? Newfoundland songs.
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If there?s one small consolation here in these desperate times.
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All those Nashville songwriters are tryin? to look like Ron Hynes.
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How strange to be in Tennessee singin? Newfoundland Songs.