John Dennison

Intro
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Verse 1
Take Me GBack To CLetterGkenny, ComberAmmere, And Barry's CBay   D​
I Will GWalk Through CFields Of GClover And The AmScent Of Fresh Mown CHay   D​
With GHorse And CPlough I'll GTill My Soil And Ne'er AmRest 'Til End Of CDay   D​
I'll GTake A CWife To GShare My Life. To The EmWoods No CMore I'll DStray

Verse 2
From The GShores Of CMadaGwaska In The AmYear Of Seventy-CEight,D​
We GPaddled CNorth By GRiver Up To AmOpeongo CLake  D​
T'was My GFather CAnd GrandGfather And AmI My Father's CSon   D​
We GLived By CPlough And GTrap Line 'Til The EmYear Of CEighty-DOne

Verse 3
We Set GOut One CFine Spring GMorning In The AmYear Of Eighty-COne   D​
There GWas My COld GrandGfather And AmI, His Fine GrandCson   D​
To GCheck Our CTraps For GFox And Mink And To AmCarry Home Our CPrize,D​
To GNorth Arm CWe Did GPaddle To EmWhere We'd CSet Our DLines

Verse 4
We Set GShore At CGreen Lake GPortage And GrandAmfather Led The CWay,  D​
To A GTrap We'd CSet A GWeek Before It Was The AmLast One For The CDay   D​
As We GNeared The CSite, There GWas No Sound, There AmWas No Cause To CFear  D​
GrandGfather CMotioned GStay Back Son And EmCautiousCly Drew DNear

Bridge
Then A EmDeathly Roar Crashed DThrough The Air, A CBeast Then DDid AGrise
And EmAngered By A DBloody Wound To CUs It DTurned It's GEyes
As GrandEmfather Turned To DFace The Foe He COrdered DMe AGway
"EmGo My Son Be DOn Your Way Or CDeath You'll AmKnow This DDay"

Verse 5
When I ReGturned To CGreen Lake GPortage With My AmFather That Same CNight D​
Both GBear And CMan Lay GCold And Still, For No OAmne Had Won The CFight D​
We GTook GrandCfather Back GWith Us With AmTears In Both Our CEyes  D​
And GLaid Him CTo His GFinal Rest, It's EmThere That CHe Still DLies.

Verse 6
So GHeed Ye CBold Young GFellows If AmNorth You Plan To CStray D​
ToGwards The COpeGongo Or The SAmhores Of Annie's CBay   D​
There's A GLone Grave COn The GHillside Where John AmDennison Does CSleep D​
A GDeathly CWarning GTo All Men. "BeEmware The CForest DDeep."

Verse 7
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Take Me Back To Letterkenny, Combermere, And Barry's Bay.
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I Will Walk Through Fields Of Clover And The Scent Of Fresh Mown Hay.
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With Horse And Plough I'll Till My Soil And Ne'er Rest 'Til End Of Day.
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I'll Take A Wife To Share My Life. To The Woods No More I'll Stray.

Outro
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