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Thedaytheyclearedsimstimber by Lake Fork Verne
Thedaytheyclearedsimstimber
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Sim?s had forty acres of timber
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Just a quarter mile a way
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They harvested it last winter
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Dad and I were there that day
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They were doing the final clearing
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Stacking slash and grubbin stumps
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Saws and axes split the cold, cold air
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Wagon ruts, skid marks matted clumps
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The day they cleared Sim?s timber
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It had covered this ground for years
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A day that no one was a winner
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Dad and I choked back the tears
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It had been a landmark
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For farmers and passers- by
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A haven for deer and creatures of the dark
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Enuf to make a grown man cry
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The day they cleared Sim?s timber
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Dad and I were there
Bb C F
Dad and I were there
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