[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
      
I'm a stone's 

throw from the

 mill
             
And I'm a good

             
 walk to the r

iver
             
When my workin

         
' day is over
            
We'll go swim 

         
our cares away
         
Put your toes 

down in the wa

ter
             
And a smile ac

         
ross your face
             
And tell me th

       
at you love me
         
Lovely Lady Ma

 
y

[Chorus 1]
            
Now I ain't th

        
e sharpest chi

sel
             
That your hand

              
s have ever he

  
ld
            
But darlin' I 

           
could love you


 well
             
'Til the roll 

           
is called on h

igh
           
I've seen my s

/      
hare of troubl

e
             
And I've held 

            
my weight in s

hame
             
But I'm baptiz

          
ed in your nam

e
         
Lovely Lady Ma

 
y

[Break]
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[Verse 2]
         
Lord the wind 

can leave you 

shiverin'
             
As it waltzes 

              
o'er the leave

 
s
            
It's been rush

           
in' through my

 
 timber
             
'Til your love

              
 brought on th

  
e spring
          
Now the mounta

ins all are bl

ushin'
             
And they don't

              
 know what to 

   
say
            
'Cept a good l

          
ong line of pr

aises
             
For my lovely 

        
Lady May

[Chorus 2]
            
Now I ain't th

        
e toughest hic

kory
             
That your axe 

              
has ever felle

 
d
             
But I'm a hick

              
ory just as we

  
ll
            
I'm a hickory 

         
all the same
            
I came crashin

           
' through the 

 
forest
             
As you cut my 

        
roots away
             
And I fell a g

        
ood long ways
            
For my lovely 

     
Lady May

[Outro]
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