[Intro]

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[Verse 1]
             
I'm a stone's 

              
throw from the

              
 mill, and I'm

             
 a good walk t

      
o the river
             
When my workin

             
g day is over,

            
 we'll go swim

   (  
 our cares awa

y
             
Put your toes 

              
down in the wa

             
ter, and smile

             
 across your f

ace
             
And tell me th

             
at you love me

      ( 
, lovely Lady 

 
May


[Verse 2]
            
Now I ain't th

 (    
e sharpest chi

              
sel that your 

             
hands have eve

      
r held
            
But darlin' I 

    (  
could love you

             
 well, till th

             
e roll is call

     
ed on high
          (
I've seen my s

       
hare of troubl

             
e, and I've he

              
ld my weight i

 
n shame
             
But I am bapti

             
zed in your na

        (
me, lovely Lad

  
y May


[Riff]

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[Verse 3]
             
Lord the wind 

              
can leave you 

              
shiverin' as i

             
t waltzes over

     
 the leaves
             
It's been rush

              
ing through my

             
 timber till y

            
our love broug

 (  
ht on the spri

ng
             
Now the mounta

              
ins all are bl

              
ushin', and th

             
ey don't know 

        
what to say
             
Except a good 

             
long line of p

              
raises for my 

 (  
lovely Lady Ma

y


[Verse 4]
           
Now I ain't th

 (    
e toughest hic

              
kory that your

             
 axe has ever 

    
fell
             
But I'm a hick

              
ory just as we

           
ll, I'm a hick

   (   
ory all the sa

  
me
            
I came crashin

 (     
g through the 

             
forest as you 

             
cut my roots a

 
way
             
And I fell a g

             
ood long ways,

            
 for my lovely

(  
 Lady May


[Outro]

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