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I was born in Arkansas, me mammy was a squaw,
GD
pappy hailed from Timbuktu,
GC
there’s one thing I recall that I hated most of all,
GDG
was that little green shed, our loo.
CG
It had a Cedar shingle roof, I swear that was the truth,
GD
hinges all rusting and corroding,
GC
‘twas a ghastly shade of green, the worst you’ve ever seen,
GDG
it stood there at the bottom of the garden.
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GC
Well, one day when I was six, I was chopping at some sticks,
GD
when a nasty little gleam came to my eye,
GC
I ran down to the john and shoved it off the lawn
GDG
into the river flowing gently by.
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GC
Soon my Pappy called my name, he yelled "Hey, what's ya game ?"
GD
Why did you shove our privy in the drink ?
GC
Well, then I shook with fear and shed a little tear,
GDG
I said, it wasn’t me, I didn’t think.
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GC
Then my Pappy told to me, how George Washington felled the tree,
GD
then he went and owned up straight away.
GC
And because he told the truth, that honest youth foresooth,
GDG
his Pappy didn’t punish him that day.
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GC
Well, me being a little green, I thought I'd best come clean,
GD
so I told my Pappy how I sank that shack.
GC
Well, with a rebel cry of glee he hauled me o’er his knee,
GDG
proceeded to wop me blue and black.
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CG
It had a Cedar shingle roof, I swear that was the truth,
GD
hinges all rusting and corroding,
GC
‘twas a ghastly shade of green, the worst you’ve ever seen,
GDG
it stood there at the bottom of the garden.
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GC
Since I hadn’t told a lie, I asked my Pappy, why ?
GD
He sat there and he answered with a frown.
GC
Well, George Washington’s pappy, he, wasn’t sitting in the tree,
GDGCG
when that little bastard went and chopped it down.