When First Into This Country

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Oh My Name It Is Delainey, Its A Name It Dont Shame me
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If I Saved All My Money, I Never Would Have Roamed
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But Drinking And Courting, Not Rambling And Sporting
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Are The Cause Of All My Ruin, My Absence From Home

[Verse 2]
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When First Into This Country, A Stranger I Came
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I Courted A Maiden, Nancy Was Her Name
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I Courted For Love, But Her love I Couldn’t Obtain
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Do You Think I Have A Reason, Or A Right To complain

[Verse 3]
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I Rode To See My Nancy, I Rode Night And Day
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I Stole A Fine Stallion, From Colonel Charles Grey.
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I Rode To See My Nancy, I Rode Day And Night
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I Courted Fairest Nancy, My Own Hearts Delight

[Verse 4]
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The Sheriffs Men They followed, And They Overtook Me
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And Carted Me Away, To The Penitentiary
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They Opened Up The Door And Threw Me Right In
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They Shaved Off All My Hair, They Cleared off My Chin

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[Verse 5]
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they beat me and they banged me, and fed me dried beans
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till I wished in my soul, that I'd never been a thief
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my hands stuck in my pocket, my calfs set on low
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And my coat of many colors, just like joseph of old