The Little Boy

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1855 a long time ago
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a little boy stands wai ting all alone
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by the train tracks outside the railroad depot
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and nobody knew what his name was

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well he climbed up inside of the very next train
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and the people asked him, ?lonely boy what?s your name??
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but he was too sick to talk so he could not explain
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so nobody knew what his name was

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well all the people cared for him and stayed by his side
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and the boys health grew weaker as the hours passed by
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and in his seat on that train car the little boy died
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and nobody knew what his name was

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in South Carolina the train stops still
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and they carried him off in Graniteville
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they made a grave and buried him up on the hill
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still nobody knew what his name was

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to this day his grave?s kept clean and covered with toys
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with hopes that he?ll have some thing to enjoy
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and his headstone still simple reads ?The Little Boy?
cause nobody knew what his name was

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well some nights at midnight a light shines on his grave
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or so I?ve heard the townspeople say
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and some say they?ve even seen him come out to play
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but still nobody knows what his name was