Fly Around My Blue-eyed Gal
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Fly around my blue-eyed gal
Fly around my daisy
Fly around my blue-eyed gal
You almost drove me crazy.
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Once I had a fortune
I laid it in a trunk
Lost it all all gambling
One night when I got drunk.
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Wished I was in the West country
Sittin' in a big armchair
One arm 'round my whiskey barrel
The other 'round my dear.
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If I had a scolding wife
Tell you what I'd do
Trade her off for a Barlow knife
Paddle my own canoe.
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It's every day and Sunday too
It seems so dark and hazy
I'm thinking about my blue-eyed gal
She's done run me crazy.
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If I had no horse at all
I'd be found a' crawlin'
Up and down this rocky road
A' looking for my darling.
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Went up on the mountain
To give my horn a blow
Thought I heard somebody say
Yonder comes my beau