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it was the first time ever he saw her, he saw his future in a long white cotton gown, sittin' there at the church house, she was gonna get baptized, they was gonna have dinner on the grounds, so the very next friday, he got off at the sawmill, he slicked his hair back, he had a pocket full of pay, when she opened up the front door, he was grinnin' like a possum, as he handed her a daisy, she heard him say. hey let's go dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill, they've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill, and by midnight we just might wind up dancin' standin' still, by my daddy's lanern light, let me walk ya home, after they got married, it didn't seem like no time, they's a sayin' their goodbye's he's a goin' to the big world war, 'bout a lifetime later, she's a waitin' at the depot, he said i ain't a gonna leave you, no never no more, said let's go dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill, they've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill, and by midnight we just might wind up dancin' standin' still, by my daddy's lantern light, let me walk ya home, in front of friends and kinfolk and all of us grandkids, in the same little church house, in a long white cotton gown, he bent down and he kissed her, he said i'm right behind ya honey, it wasn't long 'til we laid him in the ground, and now they're dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill, they've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill, and by midnight they just might wind up dancin' standin' still, by the father's lantern light, they're walkin' home

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Artist: joey + rory