Tom:
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I can still recall the day my Uncle Chester caught religion
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The reverend took him swimmin' and the devil must have drowned
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Uncle Chester, he was big, he was mean, and even vicious
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But he didn't stand a chance against the Lawman Reverend Brown
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The Lawman Reverend Brown was the sheriff of Pitman County
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His hair was long and black like the dusty suit he wore
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In the pockets of his coat were the tools of his professions
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A tattered old black bible and a loaded 44
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And all across the mountain, you could hear the children singin'
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'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before
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The reverend had a special way of healin' wicked sinners
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He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more
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I don't know where he came from but I do know where he's gone
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He's gone to meet his maker and to guard the master's throne
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And to keep a home fire burnin' for the ones lost in the night
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The kind of fire he lit in me to help me see the light
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And all across the mountain, you could hear the children singin'
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'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before
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The reverend had a special way of healin' wicked sinners
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He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more
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The lawman helped the reverend when he taught the old-time gospel
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It was heaven it was prison or the loaded 44
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All across the mountain, you could hear the children singin'
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'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before
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The reverend had a special way of healin' wicked sinners
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He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more