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[Verse 1]
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He was just a little farm lad, so busy he'd play
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With his little playmate outside the gate.
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He stopped to watch a truck that was parking next door
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At the home of his tiny playmate.

[Chorus 1]
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Then he saw his daddy watchin' too
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As the men swiftly walked to the cottage door
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He knew they were strangers that came from the town
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Men he had never seen before.

[Verse 2]
     A                         D
They soon went to work when he heard his daddy say,
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"Our neighbours are moving today"
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"Oh No!" he cried, "Dear God don't let it be,
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They can't take my sweetheart away!"

[Chorus 2]
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I know dad you don't understand
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How a heart so young could conceive a plan
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I'm only seven now but it's just like you say
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Daddy someday I'll be a man.

[Verse 3]
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The man who owns the farm where your playmates do live
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He told me it'd have to be this way.
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For when your time has come and your work is all done
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That's why they are moving today.

[Chorus 3]
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Let us buy the farm so they can stay
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And give them all the toys that your Santa gave
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And give them all my pennies in my little piggy bank
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Pennies that my darlin' helped me save.