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Backstory:

Inspired from watching a show about the civil war.                                                                                                                                  

Lyrics:

                                                  
THIS  OL` TREE

THEY SAY SHE TOOK SOME MUSKET BALLS IN 1864
PROVIDING COVER FOR YANKEE TROOPS ..IN THAT NOT SO CIVIL WAR
BUT TIME RUNS OUT FOR EVERYONE…  AND ALL THOSE BOYS ARE GONE
BUT THIS OL` TREE….IS STILL GOIN` STRONG

THIS OL` TREE …BEEN STANDIN` NEAR TWO CENTURIES
 I WONDER DOES IT HAVE A MEMORY  
IT SAW JOHNNY  MARCHIN` HOME AGAIN..AND WATCHED ME SKIN MY KNEE
….THIS OL` TREE

 A YELLOW RIBBON WRAPPED HER TRUNK IN 1965
BUT MY UNCLE NEVER MADE IT BACK FROM VIET NAM ALIVE
STILL  LIFE GOES ON AND CYCLES WITH EACH TURNIN` OF THIS WORLD
AND THIS OL` TREE PROVIDED SHADE WHEN I KISSED MY FIRST GIRL

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AND WHEN I DIE..I`LL HAVE THEM SPREAD MY ASHES ON THE GROUND
SO MY REMAINS CAN FEED HER ROOTS ..AND FOREVER BE EARTHBOUND
THEN EVEN THOUGH I`LL BE IN HEAVEN WITH MY SPIRIT FREE
A SMALL PART OF MY SOUL WILL LIVE INSIDE OF THIS OL` TREE
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©R.S. MARSHALL