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It was a time of the preacher  when the story began
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Of the choice of a lady  and the love of a man
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How he loved her so dearly  he went out of his mind
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When she left him for someone  that she'd left behind

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And he cried like a baby 
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And he screamed like a panther in the middle of the night
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And he saddled his pony  and he went for a ride
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It was a time of the preacher  in the year of O one
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Now the preaching is over  and the lesson's begun