Jack Haggerty

	  		
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I'm a stout hearted raftsman where white waters roar  
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And my name I've engraved on the high rocks and shore  
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Over Camp Flat and river, I'm very well known  
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They call me Jack Haggerty, the pride of the town 



I worked on the river by night and by day 
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'Til the blacksmith's fair daughter my heart stole away 
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I'm the boy that stands happy on the dark, burling stream 
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And my thoughts were on Annie, she haunted my dreams 


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I gave her fine jewels, the finest of lace  
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The costliest muslins, her form to embrace  
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And I gave her my wages, all for to keep safe  
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I deprived her of nothing I had on this earth 



I worked on the river, I earned quite a stake 
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I was steadfast and steady, and ne'er played the rake  
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For that fair blacksmith's daughter, I'd soon make my bride 
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And I courted her sweetly by the Flat River side 


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Then, one day on the river, a note I received 
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Saying she from her promise, herself she did leave 
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And she'd wed with another, a long time delayed 
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And the next time I'd see her, she'd no more be a maid 



To her mother, Jane Tucker, I laid all the blame 
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Well, she caused her to leave me and go back on my name 
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And to cast off the riggings that god was to tie 
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And to leave me a wanderer 'til the day that I die 


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So, come all ye bold raftsmen with hearts stout and true 
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Don't give your heart quickly, you're beat if you do 
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And when your head's turned by a dark chestnut curl 
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Just remember Jack Haggerty and the Flat River girl