Why’d you hang a lantern from her jaw

Why’d you hang a lan tern

From her jaw?

Priest said did you loved your wife

I loved her truly sir

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Frozen to the core
Wood pile
Winter
Lantern
Heart trouble
Fetch the wood
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Way up in the hills of car o line

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A poor old far mer lost his dar ling wife

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It was way too cold too much snow to take her down be low

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So out back in the wood pile shed her bo dy he did stow

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Out back in the wood pile shed her bo dy he did stow

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Why not hang the lan tern from her o pen jaw?
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way up in the hills of car o line

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a poor od far mer lost his dar ling wife

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it was way too cold too much snow to take her down be low

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so out back in the wood pile shed her bo dy he did stow

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Oh the farmer hanged a lantern from her jaw?

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Best place for a lamp he ever saw

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He used her for a lamp post while waiting for the snow to thaw

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The farmer hanged a lantern, from her open jaw.
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Way up in the hills of car o line

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A poor old far mer lost his dar ling wife

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It was way too cold too much snow to take her down be low

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So out back in the wood pile shed her bo dy he did stow
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Oh the far mer hanged a lan tern from her jaw

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Best place for a lamp he ev er saw

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He used her for a lamp post

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while wait ing for the snow to thaw

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The far mer hanged a lan tern, from her o pen jaw.

OH THE FAR MER HANGED BY’S ARMS

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Way up in the hills of Caroline
A poor dirt farmer lost his darling wife
It was way too cold, too much snow, to take her down below
So out back in the wood pile shed, her body he did stow

Each night the farmer chopped wood for the fire

In the wood pile shed, the need for light was dire
Oh darling Claire would you care if I placed my lantern there?
Would you mind if I hanged a lantern, ‘tween your lips so fair?

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Oh the farmer hanged a lantern from her jaw
Best place for a lamp he ever saw
He used her for a lamp post while waiting for the snow to thaw
The farmer hanged a lantern, from her her open jaw.

That spring he hitched the mules up to the cart

From his darling wife and lamp post he would part
He went on down and looked around for the preacher in the town
I ask to sir please put my wife’s poor body in the ground

Preacher said ‘What happened to your wife?’

‘Her heart gave out, that’s how she lost her life.’
‘But her face is black it’s like shalack now why on earth is that?’
‘I hung my lantern from her jaw, to see the wood I hacked.’

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Preacher said you are a sad disgrace

Look at all these burns upon her face
She was clean, and pure, sweet and demure, how could you sully her?
The farmer said I swear to you, I loved her truly sir

But why not hang a lantern from her jaw?

Best place for a lamp I ever saw
She was five feet tall with a gaping maw and her back against the wall
Why not hang my lantern from her open jaw?
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