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Poverty Hill by The Kingston Trio
[Verse]
They Ccome in their summery dresses and jackets so fDine,
the Crich folks who measure success with a big dollar Dsign.
They Cgaze with delight at the rocks and the scraggly Dpines.
They Ccome in the Spring and they Dstay 'til the Fall
On CParadise Mountain Aaway from it aDll.
[Chorus]
DStubble and Astone make a hard row to Dhoe.
What little will Cgrow, the drought will Dkill.
The Csummer folks call it Paradise DMountain
but Cwe call it Poverty DHill.
[Verse]
They Csay we have beautiful faces as grainy as Dwood.
Yea, they'd Clike to live here of all places if only they Dcould.
Well, we Cdon't get those wood, grainy faces from livin' too Dgood.
It's the Crocks and the dust and the Dsun and the heat.
It's Ctoo much of work and too Alittle to Deat.
[Chorus]
DStubble and Astone make a hard row to Dhoe.
What little will Cgrow, the drought will Dkill.
The Csummer folks call it Paradise DMountain
but Cwe call it Poverty DHill.
They Cpack and say what a pity that they have to Dgo.
They Csay that Old Smokey's so pretty all covered with Dsnow,
But Chow we get through the winter they never will Dknow.
No Clard for the pantry. No Dgrist for the mill
And Cwinter's are cold Aover Poverty DHill.
[Chorus]
DStubble and Astone make a hard row to Dhoe.
What little will Cgrow, the drought will Dkill.
The Csummer folks call it Paradise DMountain
but Cwe call it Poverty DHill.
Yes, Cwe call it Poverty DHill.
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