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Flat River Darling

from Once More A​-​Lumb'ring Go by Michigan-IO

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My name is Jack Haggerty where the white waters flow
My name is engraved on the rocks of the shore
I’m a boy that stands happy on a log in the stream
My heart was with Hannah, she haunted my dreams

I gave her rich jewels and the finest of lace
With the costliest of muslins ‘twas her I would embrace
I gave her my wages for her to keep safe
Begrudging her nothing that I had myself

One day on the river a letter I received
That from her own promises herself she had relieved
She would wed a young man, a long time delayed
And the next time I’d see her she’d not be a maid

So adieu to Flat River, for me there’s no rest
I’ll shoulder my peavey and I’ll go out west
I’ll go Muskegon, some pleasure to find
and I’ll my own Flat River darling behind

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from Once More A​-​Lumb'ring Go, released November 19, 2022

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