Young Abe Lincoln Make A Tall Tall Man

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Well he lived in a cabin way down by the creek
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He ran through the dust in his bare feet
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But they didn't know that one fine day
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That he would rule this U.S.A.
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And be the best leader in all the land
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Yes Young Abe Lincoln make a tall tall man
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Young Abe Lincoln made a tall tall man

[Verse 2]
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He walked many miles to school every day
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And no kind of weather could keep him away
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a learning to read and a learning to write
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He whipped many men in a wrestling fight
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He whipped many of 'em with just one hand
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Yes Young Abe Lincoln make a tall tall man
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Young Abe Lincoln made a tall tall man

[Verse 3]
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Now he was admitted to the lawyer's bar
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People seeked his help from near and far
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He could talk a country mile in an old courtroom
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Make a man laugh whose life was doomed
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He out talked Douglas or fancy Dan
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Yes Young Abe Lincoln make a tall tall man
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Young Abe Lincoln made a tall tall man

[Verse 4]
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We had a big war while he was President
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Finally won with U.S. Grant
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He heard both sides of the battle of rights
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He hated to see those soldiers die
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He hated to fight his own southland
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Yes Young Abe Lincoln make a tall tall man
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Young Abe Lincoln made a tall tall man