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Pony

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Pony

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I've seen it all boys, I've been all over

Been everywhere in the whole wide world

I rode the high line with old blind Darby

I danced real slow with Ida Jane

I was full of wonder when I left Murfreesboro

Now I am full of hollow on Maxwell street

And I hope my Pony, I hope my Pony

I hope my Pony knows the way back home

I walked from Natchez to Hushpukena

I built a fire by the side of the road

And I worked for nothin in a Belzoni saw mill

I caught a blind out on the B and O

Talullah's friendly Belzoni ain't so

A 44'll get you 99

I hope my Pony, I hope my Pony

I hope my Pony knows the way back home

I run my race with burnt face Jake

Gave him a Manzanita cross

And I've lived on nothin but dreams and train smoke

Somehow my watch and chain got lost

I wish I was home in Evelyn's Kitchen

With old Gyp curled around my feet

I hope my Pony, I hope my Pony

I hope my Pony knows the way back home

I hope my Pony, I hope my Pony

I hope my Pony knows the way back home

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