| There’s a blizzard comin' on, how I’m wishin' I was home-
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| For my pony’s lame and he can’t hardly stand.
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| Listen to that Norther sigh- if we don’t get home, we’ll die.
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| But it’s only seven miles to MaryAnn.
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| It’s only seven miles to MaryAnn.
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| You can bet we’re on her mind, 'cause it’s nearly supper time.
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| And I’ll bet there’s hot biscuits in the pan.
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| Lord, my hands feel like their froze, there’s a numbness in my toes.
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| But it’s only five more miles to MaryAnn.
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| It’s only five more miles to MaryAnn.
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| That winds howlin' and it seems, mighty like a woman’s scream.
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| We best be movin' faster, if we can.
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| Dan, just think about that barn, with that hay so soft and warm.
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| It’s only three more miles to MaryAnn.
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| It’s only three more miles to MaryAnn.
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| «Well Dan, get up, you awnry cuss, or you’ll be the death of us.
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| Well I’m so weary, I’ll help ya', if I can.
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| Well, alright Dan, perhaps it’s best, that we stop awhile and rest.
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| For it’s still a-hundred yards to MaryAnn.»
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| It’s still a-hundred yards to MaryAnn.
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| Well, late that night the storm was gone, and they found 'im, there at dawn.
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| Well, he’d a-made it, but he just couldn’t leave 'ol Dan.
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| Yes, they found him there, on the plains, with his hands froze to the reins.
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| He was just a-hundred yards from MaryAnn.
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| He was just a-hundred yards from MaryAnn. |