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A bunch of guys was in this bar room 
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Most of them had been there half the day 
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They'd been telling jokes and fairy tales lying 
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Just to pass the time away 
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Then suddenly someone cracked the bar room door 
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And then pushed it open wide 
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And this huge tall dark dude 
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Bowed his head and stepped inside 
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I wonder where he's from? 
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Some blonde asked 
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The wind must have blown him in 
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But an old Dutchman offered him a drink 
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What will it be, whisky, rum or gin? 
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Sick him Fido, a redhead shouted 
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Show him his way back to the street 
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But the Great Dane just walked over and licked his hand 
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And lay down at his feet 
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He said if you spare me that drink, Dutchman 
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I promise I'll tell you how 
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That I came to be the helpless sight 
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That stands before you now 
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I used to be an artist 
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Not one who sits and fiddle out on the curb 
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But in my day and time 
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My music was considered superb 
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I wrote a song about a poor kid 
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Raised down in New Orleans 
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It didn't make the hall of fame 
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But it bought us shrimp, rice and beans 
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He kept at it until it made the big time, 
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Playing town after town 
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Until he met a woman he fell in love with 
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And it really turned his life around 
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She had eyes like Cleopatra 
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And a head of luxurious hair 
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With the brilliance of her beauty 
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None other could compare 
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When she lifted her eyes to his 
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Her lips would fall apart 
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Each time she allowed him kiss her 
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It near petrified his heart 
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But when he ask her would she marry him 
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He'd give her everything he had 
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She turned and walked away 
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And it nearly drove him mad 
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He promised her a half a million 
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And would even pay in advance 
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If she would let him prove himself 
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Or at least give him a chance 
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And if he should go blind 
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And had to use his hands to feel 
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He would hire someone to do her work 
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And prepare her every meal 
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How could a man love a woman so much? 
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Not one of you would think! 
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Well, I did and I still do 
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Hey Dutchman, you promised me a drink!