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Please Dont Play Red River Valley

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PLEASE DON?T PLAY RED RIVER VALLEY
AWell I see you got yourself a brand new harmonica
Mail Eordered from the Steagal's cataloAgue
Boy I hope you can lEearn to play it like Lonnie GloAssom
And whDile you added you to oughta learn a veArse or two
Of RDed River Valley Oh My Darling CElementine or Salty DoAg
Oh but Dplease don't play Red River VaAlley
And how about EPolly Wolly doodle all dAay and see
You know the only song I ever learned to play 
On my 2 dollar and 98 cent harmonica
That I got from Wayne Raney in Clint Texas
C-L-I-N-T Clint Texas was RDed River VallAey
Then she said faErewell to my French harp and Ame
AWell I see you're doin' pretty good on your new harmonica
But don't yEou think you oughta learn about one more tune you kAnow
See you hold it lEike you's gonna eat a handful of popAcorn
And sometime you suck in and soEmetimes you bAlow
But friend now plDease don't play Red River ValAley
And how about PEolly Wolly doodle all dAay
Like I said the only song I ever learned
On my 2 dollar and 98 cent harmonica that I got from Clint Texas
From Wayne Raney in Clint Texas was RDed River ValAley
Oh then she said faErewell to my French harp and Ame

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Please Dont Play Red River Valley

by Johnny Cash

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PLEASE DON?T PLAY RED RIVER VALLEY

Well I see you got yourself a brand new harmonica

E A

Mail ordered from the Steagal's catalogue

E A

Boy I hope you can learn to play it like Lonnie Glossom

D A

And while you added you to oughta learn a verse or two

D E A

Of Red River Valley Oh My Darling Clementine or Salty Dog

D A

Oh but please don't play Red River Valley

E A

And how about Polly Wolly doodle all day and see

You know the only song I ever learned to play

On my 2 dollar and 98 cent harmonica

That I got from Wayne Raney in Clint Texas

D A

C-L-I-N-T Clint Texas was Red River Valley

E A

Then she said farewell to my French harp and me

Well I see you're doin' pretty good on your new harmonica

E A

But don't you think you oughta learn about one more tune you know

E A

See you hold it like you's gonna eat a handful of popcorn

E A

And sometime you suck in and sometimes you blow

D A

But friend now please don't play Red River Valley

E A

And how about Polly Wolly doodle all day

Like I said the only song I ever learned

On my 2 dollar and 98 cent harmonica that I got from Clint Texas

D A

From Wayne Raney in Clint Texas was Red River Valley

E A

Oh then she said farewell to my French harp and me

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