Ballad Of The Harp Weaver testo
Johnny Cash
Testo
Ballad of the Harp Weaver
Son said my mother when I was knee high
You need of clothes to cover you and not a rag have I
There's nothing in the house to make a boy's britches
Nor shears to cut a cloth with nor thread to take stitches
There's nothing in the house but a leaf end of rye
And the harp with a with the woman's head nobody will by and she began to cry
That was in the early fall and when came the late fall
Son she said the sight of you makes your mother's blood crawl
Little skinny shoulder blades stickin' through your clothes
And where you get a jacket from God above knows
It's lucky for me lad your daddy's in the ground
And can't see the way I let his son go around and she made a queer sound
That was in the late fall when the winter came
I'd not a pair of bridges nor a shirt to my name
I couldn't go to school or out of doors to play
And all the other little boys passed our way
Son said my mother come climb into my lap
And I'll cave your little knees while you take a nap
And oh but we were silly for half an hour or more
Me with my long legs draggin' on the floor
I rocked, rocked, rocked to a mother goose rhyme
Oh but we were happy for half an hour's time
But there was I a great boy and what would folks say
To hear my mother singin' me to sleep all day in such a daft way
Men say the winter was bad that year fuel was scarce and food was dear
A wind with a wolf's head howled about our door
And we burned up the chairs and sat upon the floor
All that was left us was a chair we couldn't break
And the harp with the woman's head nobody would take for song or pity sake
The night before Christmas I cried with the cold
I cried myself to sleep like a two year old
And in the deep night I felt my mother rise
And stare down upon me with love in her eyes
I saw my mother sitting on the one good chair
A light falling on her face from I couldn't tell where
Looking nineteen and not a day older
And the harp with the woman's head leaned against her shoulder
Her thin fingers moving in the thin tall strings
Were weave, weave weaving wonderful things
Many bright threads from where I couldn't see
Were running through the harp strings rapidly
And gold threads whistlin' through my mother's hands
I saw the web grow and the pattern expand
She wove a child's jacket and when it was done
She laid it on the floor and wove another one
She wove a red cloak so regal to see
She's made it for a king's son I said and not for me but I knew it was for me
She wove a pair of bridges and quicker than that
She wove a pair of boots a little cocked hat
She wove a pair of mittens she wove a little blouse
She wove all night in the still cold house
She sang as she worked and the harp strings spoke
But her voice never faltered and the thread never broke
But when I awoke there sat my mother
With the harp against her shoulder lookin' nineteen and not a day older
A smile about her lips and a light about her head
And her hands in the harp strings frozen dead
And piled up beside her toppling to the skies
Were the clothes of a king's son just my size
Son said my mother when I was knee high
You need of clothes to cover you and not a rag have I
There's nothing in the house to make a boy's britches
Nor shears to cut a cloth with nor thread to take stitches
There's nothing in the house but a leaf end of rye
And the harp with a with the woman's head nobody will by and she began to cry
That was in the early fall and when came the late fall
Son she said the sight of you makes your mother's blood crawl
Little skinny shoulder blades stickin' through your clothes
And where you get a jacket from God above knows
It's lucky for me lad your daddy's in the ground
And can't see the way I let his son go around and she made a queer sound
That was in the late fall when the winter came
I'd not a pair of bridges nor a shirt to my name
I couldn't go to school or out of doors to play
And all the other little boys passed our way
Son said my mother come climb into my lap
And I'll cave your little knees while you take a nap
And oh but we were silly for half an hour or more
Me with my long legs draggin' on the floor
I rocked, rocked, rocked to a mother goose rhyme
Oh but we were happy for half an hour's time
But there was I a great boy and what would folks say
To hear my mother singin' me to sleep all day in such a daft way
Men say the winter was bad that year fuel was scarce and food was dear
A wind with a wolf's head howled about our door
And we burned up the chairs and sat upon the floor
All that was left us was a chair we couldn't break
And the harp with the woman's head nobody would take for song or pity sake
The night before Christmas I cried with the cold
I cried myself to sleep like a two year old
And in the deep night I felt my mother rise
And stare down upon me with love in her eyes
I saw my mother sitting on the one good chair
A light falling on her face from I couldn't tell where
Looking nineteen and not a day older
And the harp with the woman's head leaned against her shoulder
Her thin fingers moving in the thin tall strings
Were weave, weave weaving wonderful things
Many bright threads from where I couldn't see
Were running through the harp strings rapidly
And gold threads whistlin' through my mother's hands
I saw the web grow and the pattern expand
She wove a child's jacket and when it was done
She laid it on the floor and wove another one
She wove a red cloak so regal to see
She's made it for a king's son I said and not for me but I knew it was for me
She wove a pair of bridges and quicker than that
She wove a pair of boots a little cocked hat
She wove a pair of mittens she wove a little blouse
She wove all night in the still cold house
She sang as she worked and the harp strings spoke
But her voice never faltered and the thread never broke
But when I awoke there sat my mother
With the harp against her shoulder lookin' nineteen and not a day older
A smile about her lips and a light about her head
And her hands in the harp strings frozen dead
And piled up beside her toppling to the skies
Were the clothes of a king's son just my size
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.That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
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.Jackson
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.SAN QUENTIN
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.FOLSOM PRISON BLUES
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.'Cause I Love You
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.A Satisfied Mind
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.A Thing Called Love
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.A Wonderful Time Up There
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.Abner Brown
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.Accidentaly On Purpose
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.After Taxes
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.After The Ball
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.Ah Bos Cee Dah
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.Ain't No Good Chain Gang
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.All Around Cowboy
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.All God's Children Ain't Free
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.All I Do Is Drive
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.Allegheny
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.Always Alone
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.Amazing Grace
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.Amen
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.An Old-Fashioned Tree
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.Ancient History
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.Angel And The Badman
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.Another Man Done Gone
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.Another Song To Sing
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.Any Old Wind That Blows
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.Apache Tears
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.Are All The Children In
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.Arkansas Lovin? Man
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.As Long As I Live
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.At Calvary
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.At The Cross
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.At The Wailing Wall
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.Austin Prison
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.Away In A Manger
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.Backstage Pass
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.Bad News
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.Ballad Of Annie Palmer
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.Ballad Of Barbara
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.Ballad Of Boot Hill
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.Ballad Of Ira Hayes
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.Ballad Of Little Fauss And Big Halsy
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.Ballad Of The Ark
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.Battle Of New Orleans
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.Beans For Breakfast
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.Beautiful Words
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.Begin West Movement
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.Belshazah
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.Besser So, Jenny ? Jo
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.Best Friend
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.Better Class Of Losers
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.Big Bad John
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.Big Foot
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.Big Light
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.Billy And Rex And Oral And Bob
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.Blistered
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.Blue Christmas
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.Blue Train
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.Bonanza
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.Born And Raised In Black And White
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.Born To Lose
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.Boss Jack
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.Boy Named Sue
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.Brakeman's Blues
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.Brand New Dance
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.Broken Freedom Song
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.Bug That Tried To Arount The World
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.Bull Rider
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.Bury Me Not
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.Cajun Born
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.Calilou
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.Call Daddy From The Mine
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.Call Of The Wild
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.Can't Go On That Way
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.Caretaker
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.Casey's Last Ride
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.Cat's In The Cradle
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.Cause I Love You
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.Chain Gang
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.Chattanoga City Limit Sign
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.Chicken In Black
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.Christmas As I Knew It
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.Christmas Spirit
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.Church Of The Holy Sepulchre
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.Cindy I Love You
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.Cisco Clifton Had A Fillin' Station
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.City Of New Orleans
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.Clean Your Own Tables
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.Clementine
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.Close The Door Lightly When You Go
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.Cocain Blues
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.Cocaine Carolina
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.Cold Lonesome Morning
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.Cold, Cold Heart
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.Color Of Love
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.Come Along And Ride This Train
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.Come In Stranger
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.Come Take A Trip In My Air Ship
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.Come To The Wailing Wall
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.Committed To Parkview
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.Cotton Fields
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.Cotton Pickin' Hands
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.Cowboy's Prayer
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.Crazy Old Soldier
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.Crystal Chandeliers And Burgundy
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.Cup Of Coffee
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.Custer
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.Daddy
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.Daughter Of A Railroam Man
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.Death And Hell
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.Devil Went Down To Georgia
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.Devil's Right Hand
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.Dirty Old Egg Suckin' Dog
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.Doing' My Time
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.Don't Go Near The Water
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.Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
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.Dorraine Of Ponchartrain
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.Drink To Me
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.Drums
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.Even Cowgirls Got The Blues
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.Everybody Trying To Be My Baby
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.Family Bible
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.Farther Along
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.Father And Son
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.Fiel Of Diamonds
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.Five Feet High And Risin'
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.Folsome Prison Blues
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.For You
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.Forty Shades Of Green
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.Frankie And Johnny
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.Frankie's Man Johnny
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.Further On Up The Road
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.GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY
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.Ghostriders In The Sky
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.Gift They Gave
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.Girl From The Canyon
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.Girl In Saskatoon
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.God Ain't No Stained Glass Window
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.God Has My Fortune Laid Away
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.God Is Not Dead
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.God Will
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.Going Strong
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.Going To Memphis
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.Good Bless Robert E Lee
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.Goodbye, Little Darling, Goodbye
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.Grandfather's Clock
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.Great Speckled Bird
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.Grey Stone Chapel
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.Hank And Joe And Me
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.Happiness Is You
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.Hardin Wouldn't Run
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.He Stopped Loving Her To Day
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.Here I Am Back Again
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.Here Was A Man
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.Heros
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.Highway Patrolman
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.His Name Is John
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.Hobo Song
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.Home Of The Blues
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.Honky Tonk Girl
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.I Call Him
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.I Can't Go On That Way
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.I Couldn't Keep From Cry
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.I Feel Better All Over
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.I Forget More Than You'll Ever Know
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.I Got A Woman (with June Carter)
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.I Got Shoes
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.I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
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.I Saw A Man
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.I Saw The Light
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.I Want To Go Home
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.I Will Miss You When You Go
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.I Will Rock And Roll With You
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.I'd Still Be There
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.I'm Gonna Sit On The Porch And Pick On My Old Guitar
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.I'm Leaving Now
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.I'm On Fire
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.I'm Ragged But I'm Right
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.I've Never Met A Man Like You Before
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.If We Never Meet Again
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.In Bethlehem
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.In Them Old Cottonfields Back Home
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.In Virginia
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.In Your Mind
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.It Ain't Me, Babe (with June Carter)
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.It Ain't Nothing New Babe
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.It Could Be You Instead Of Him
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.It Was Jesus
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.It's All Over
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.Jackson (with June Carter)
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.Jealous Loving Heart
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.Jesus (with June Carter )
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.Jesus Was A Carpenter
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.Jesus Was Our Saviour
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.Johnny 99
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.Johnny Reb
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.Joshua Gone Barbados
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.Just One More
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.Just The Other Side
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.Kate
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.Katy Too
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.Kleine Rosmarie
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.Land Of Israel
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.Last Gunfighter Ballad
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.Lead Me Father
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.Lead Me Gently Home
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.Let It Be Me
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.Let Me Down Easy
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.Let The Train Blow The Whistle When I Go
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.Loadin' Coal
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.Lonesome To The Bone
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.Long Black Veil
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.Lorena
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.Lost On The Desert To Die
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.Love Is The Way (with Waylon Jennings)
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.Lumberjack
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.Luthers Boogie
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.Man In White
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.Matthew Twenty-Four (Is Knocking At The Door)
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.Miracle Man
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.Mr Lonesome
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.My Children Walk In The Truth
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.My Coming Home
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.My God Is Real (Yes, God Is Real)
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.My Grandfathers Clock
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.My Old Kentucky Home
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.My Ship Will Sail
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.My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
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.My Wife June At The Sea Of Galilee
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.Nazarene
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.New Cut Road
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.Nine Pound Hammer
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.No,No,No
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.Oh Come, Angel Band
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.Oh What A Dream
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.Oh, Lonesome Me
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.Oh, What A Good Thing We Had
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.Old Apache Squaw
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.Old Chunk Of Coal
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.Old Doc Brown
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.Old Time Religion
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.On The Evening Train
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.On The Via Dolorosa
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.One More Ride
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.One Way Rider
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.Oney
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.Pickin' Time
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.Pie In The Sky
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.Please Don't Let Me Out
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.Port Of Lonely Hearts
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.Preacher Said Jesus Said
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.Precious Memories
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.Prologue (Holy Land)
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.Rambling Boy
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.Redemption Song
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.Remember The Alamo
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.Ride This Train
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.Ring Of Fre
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.Ringing The Bells For Jim
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.Rock Island Line
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.Rock Of Ages
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.Rockabilly Blues
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.Roughneck
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.Route 1, Box 144
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.Run Softly, Blue River
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.Seasons Of My Heart
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.See Ruby Fall
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.Shantytown
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.She'll Be Coming 'round The Mountain
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.She's A Goer
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.Shepard Of My Heart
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.Silent Night
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.Sing A Traveling Song
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.Sing It Pretty, Sue
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.Singin' In Vietnam Talkin' Blues
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.Slow Rider
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.Snow In His Hair
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.So Doggone Lonesome
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.Southern Accent
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.Southwind
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.Spirtual
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.Staring At The Wall
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.Still In Town
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.Straight A's In Love
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.Strawberry Cake
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.Sugartime
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.Suppertime
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.Swing Low Sweet Chariot
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.T For Texas
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.Taller Than Trees
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.Teenage Dream
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.Tennessee Flat Top Box
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.Thanksgiving Prayer
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.That Lucky Old Sun
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.That's Enough
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.That's One You Owe Me
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.The Alamo
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.The Baron
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.The Big Battle
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.The Blizzard
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.The Chicken In Black
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.The Christmas Spirit
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.The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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.The Fourth Man
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.The Gambler
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.The General Lee
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.The Great Speckled Bird
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.The Greatest Cowboy Of Them All
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.The Lady Came From Baltimore
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.The Last Gunfighter Ballad
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.The Last Time
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.The Legend Of Henry's Hammer
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.The Little Drummer Boy
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.The Man On The Hill
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.The Matador
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.The Nazarene
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.The Next In Line
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.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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.The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
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.The Old Rugged Cross
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.The One On The Left Is On The Right
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.The Pine Tree
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.The Rebel - Johnny Yuma
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.The Reverend Mr. Black
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.The Sons Of Katie Elder
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.The Talking Leaves
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.The Ten Commandments
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.The Timber Man
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.The Travelling Song
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.The Twenty Century Is Almost Over
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.The Vanishing Race
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.The Wall Of A Prison
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.The Ways Of A Woman In Love
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.The Whirl And The Suck
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.There Ain't No Easy Runs
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.These Hands
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.These Things Shall Pass
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.This Side Of The Law
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.This Town
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.Time Change Everything
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.Time Of The Preacher
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.Trail Of Tears
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.Train Of Love
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.Transfusion Blues
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.Troubador
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.Troublesome Waters
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.Viel Zu Spät
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.Wabash Cannonball
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.Walk The Line
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.We Are The Shepherds
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.Wer Kennt Den Weg
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.Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
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.What Do I Care?
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.What Is Truth?
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.When I Take My Vacation On Heaven
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.When Papa Played The Dobro
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.When The Man Comes Around
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.While've Got It On My Mind
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.White Girl
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.Who Kept The Sheep
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.Why Do You Punish Me
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.Wildwood Flower
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.Will The Circle Be Unbroken
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.Without Love
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.Wo Ist Zuhause, Mama
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.Woman
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.Would You Lay With Me
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.Wreck Of The Old 97
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.Wreck Of The Old Ninety-Seven
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.Wrinkled Crinkled Wadded Dollar Bill
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.You And Tennessee
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.You Are What I Need
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.You Dreamer You
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.You Remembered Me
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.You'll Be All Right
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.You're My Baby
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.You've Got A New Light
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.The Wreck Of The Ol' '97
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.Viel Zu Spät
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.No Expectations