One Good Woman

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Mary Chilton never knew
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What the salty winds would do,
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When she stepped aboard
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And sailed away,
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On that 1620 Autumn day.
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At Plymouth Rock
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She was the first to touch dry ground.
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But she became an orphan when,
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The winter came and the tears fell down,
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But she grew, and married a good man.
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And they had eleven children,
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Who could never understand what she'd been through.
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But they knew, that a girl of just thirteen,
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Crossed one big ocean,
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And that she grew up to be,
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One good woman.


2nd Verse
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Polly Angel didn't know
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What the hands of time would show
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When she dressed in white
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And said "I do"
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In the fall of 1832.
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Her life would change that very
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Year forevermore.
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When they heard the message of two
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Strangers at their door
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They headed West
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An Polly had six children
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But only two survived
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And they could never understand
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What she'd been through
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But they knew, that a woman of great faith,
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Crossed one big country.
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And that they were being raised,
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By One Good Woman.

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There they are,
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Written in the spaces of a family tree,
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Til it all comes down to me.