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Land Of Green

The Coalminers Beat

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i was sitting in a station bar,  
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somewhere in amerika  
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when an old man came to me  
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he said: "can i sit next to you?",  
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and i had nothing else to do                   C                  G 
so he sat down and drank his beer  


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he told me 'bout the rocks and hills,  
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about the autum and its chill  
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about the valleys and the rain  
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and then he spoke of former times,  
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about his children and his wife  
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and about what yet remained  


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suddenly he said: "my son,  
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do you know the land,  
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where i've come from  
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and he asked  


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do you know the land of green,  
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its rough and stormy sea  
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do you know the island of the rain  
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do you know the land of green,  
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its wondrous scenery  
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do you know the island of the rain  



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many of us had left their homes,  
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never felt the westwind blow again  
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he said with lonely eyes  
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they once had worked upon the land,  
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that now is in some stranger's  
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hands     
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he said with angry eyes  


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the more he spoke, the more he drank  
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the more he kept  
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on telling 'bout his land and he  
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said  


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do you know the land of green,  
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its rough and stormy sea  
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do you know the island of the rain  
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do you know the land of green,  
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its wondrous scenery  
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do you know the island of the rain 


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even though the bar was full of noise,  
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the man began to lower his voice  
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and stood up without a word  
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although it is five years ago i  
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swear  
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that i exactly know   
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every word that we had said  


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I still can see his trembling hands,  
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as he told the story 'bout his land 
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and he said  



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do you know the land of green,  
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its rough and stormy sea  
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do you know the island of the rain  
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do you know the land of green,  
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its wondrous scenery  
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do you know the island of the rain 



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do you know the land of green,  
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its rough and stormy sea  
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do you know the island of the rain  
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do you know the land of green,  
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its wondrous scenery  
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do you know the island of the rain 
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The Land of Greeeeeeeen!

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Land Of Green

The Coalminers Beat