Hazel Dickens - The First Whippoorwill Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Spring time is here my darling, They say that you are going away
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My heart will be with you my darling, And I'm countin' down the days

[Chorus]
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I know that you have to travel, I know I'm over the due
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I feel so all alone my darling said you'd be gone
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When I heard that first whippoorwill

[Verse]
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The flowers are bloomin' little darling, With a button of degree
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I hear them night birds a crying, I know that they are warning me

[Chorus]
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I know that you have to travel, I know I'm over the due
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I feel so all alone my darling said she'd be gone
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When I heard that first whippoorwill

[Verse]
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Our love was planted little darling, Just like a farmer plants the grain
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But there will never be a harvest, On the hill the whippoorwill now sings

[Chorus]
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I know that you now have to travel, I know I'm over the due
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I feel so all alone my darling said she'd be gone
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When I heard that first whippoorwill

[Outro]
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