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Artist: Harry Chapin
Canonical path: /chapin-harry/30000-pounds-of-bananas
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30000 Pounds Of Bananas
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30000 Pounds Of Bananas
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It was just after dark when the truck started down
The hill that leads into scranton Pennsylvania
Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas
Carrying thirty thousand pounds (hit it big john) of bananas
He was a young driver
Just out on his second job
And he was carrying the next day's pasty fruits
For everyone in that coal-scarred city
Where children play without despair
In backyard slag-piles and folks manage to eat each day
About thirty thousand pounds of bananas
Yes, just about thirty thousand pounds (scream it again, john)
He passed a sign that he should have seen
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