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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The boatman lived in a stone- built house
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Three score years and ten on earth
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His wife was younger by sev eral years
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They lost their only child
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at birth
Verse 2
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Father raised the house
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with his bare hands
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Mother toiled the fields by day
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He never spoke of the lady of the lake
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The brush with death which
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caused him sway
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Verse 3
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The boatman made an honest living
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Along the river's south- side bank
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Fam ily gatherings,
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household trips
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From time to time the river grew
Interlude 1
dank
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Verse 4
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One such day when the river was foul
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The boatman took his
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Breathing heavy on the jour
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Fever struck as the sun
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Verse 5
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The sickness raged for several days
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The doctor rambled in despair
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The old priest read the sacraments
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De cay and death hung in the air
Verse 6
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A coin for the mouth of his dying wife
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Was duly placed beside the bed
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A knock on the door on that
moonless night
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The boatman feared the word had spread
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Interlude 2
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Verse 7
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A stranger stood on the
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front porch step
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Stovepipe hat and long black coat
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"I come from the other side"
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"I carry souls in the ferryman's
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boat"
Verse 8
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The ferryman growled,
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"I've come for your wife"
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The boatman said,
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"She ain't dead yet"
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The ferryman raged, "I need her now
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It's time that you repaid your debt"
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Verse 9
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The boatman tried to
make the peace
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The ferryman spat and
cursed and swore
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As evil speaks as evil must
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He called the boatman's wife a whore
Interlude 3
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Verse 10
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"You lusted for my daughter fair
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Betrayed her in a mire of sin
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You married, knowing of her fate
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Time has come for the
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reckoning"
Verse 11
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The boatman said "No
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debt is due"
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The ferryman's rage could get no worse
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"It was me who caused you suffering
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The still- born child of the ferryman's curse"
Interlude 4
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Verse 12
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"I ain't yet put the coin
in her mouth"
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The boatman said with rising fear
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"That job is mine"
the ferryman said
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And slashed the boatman
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Verse 13
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The ferryman held a wicked knife
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Razor sharp, serrated blade
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Stabbed at the boatman's arms and face
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Terri fying were the screams
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he made
Verse 14
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The boatman reached for his Bible
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To shield him in the violent fight
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He reached for a log from the open fire
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And set the ferryman's
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The ferryman fell to the floor in agony
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Dropped the knife on the boatman's bed
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The boatman stabbed him
in the gut
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The screams died as the floor turned red
Interlude 5
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Verse 16
The boatman sat beside the bed
Holding his young wife's tiny hand
Her eyes opened wide
as the fever left
He gently stroked the wedding band
Verse 17
She sat up slow, looked all around
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Bared her pointed teeth and smiled
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Flung herself in the boatman's arms
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"I am with child,
I am with child"
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Verse 18
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They dragged the ferryman
to his boat
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Placed the coin in
the deadman's mouth
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They silently rowed to the other side
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The ferryman's curse was the boatman's prize
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