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Well a way down yonder on the Canyon Creek 
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I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat 
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I tuned my fiddle and rasined my bow 
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Play a little tune wherever I go 
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get yer britches on 
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Sleepy-eyed John, better tie your shoes 
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get yer britches on 
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the Devil gets to you  
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Well Sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose 
The goose stayed plucked but it couldn't get loose 
Said John to the goose if you don't stay still 
We'll miss our supper down at Candyville 
 
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Well Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg 
The wooden leg was nothin but a little wooden peg 
With one shoe off and one shoe on 
He could do the double shuffle 'til the cows come home 
 
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Now I got 20 dollars for I built a fence 
I took my money and I ain't worked since 
Sold my buggy and I sold my plow 
Wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now 
 
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Well a over a hickory and down a pine 
The raccoon left and the old hound wined 
John said sic 'im and the raccoon left 
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half 
 
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