Sweet Rosie Jones

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I met her out in Oklahoma
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Down where the old Red River flows
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I vowed my love to her forever
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She was my sweet, sweet Rosie Jones.

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We walked alone down by the river
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Just as the sun was sinking low
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And in her eyes I saw big trouble
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Like the muddy waters down below.

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Her lips were soft and sweet as honey
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Her hair was bright as yellow as gold
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Her cheeks were red as summer roses
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She was my sweet, sweet Rosie Jones.

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And then one day a tall dark stranger
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With hair as black as winter coal
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Rode into town as night was falling
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And there he met my Rosie Jones.

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I woke next morning just after sunup
To find a note from my Rosie's hand
And it read I'd rather die than ever hurt you
But I'm in love with that tall dark man.

So now I walk alone down by the river
Where my sweet Rosie used to stroll
And soon I'm gonna join those deep dark waters
For I can't live without Rosie Jones.

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Her lips were soft and sweet as honey
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Her hair was bright as yellow as gold
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Her cheeks were red as summer roses
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She was my sweet, sweet Rosie Jones...