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[Verse 1]
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Pairlee was a bastard child
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Born in east Tennessee
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Mama left her one day,
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granddaddy took her away
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Grandpa just tended his mill
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And he planted the corn in the field
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Pairlee works by his side,
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they sing up to the sky
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Pairlee, Pairlee
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Died under an apple tree
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One cold winter's night,
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the frost took her life
[Verse 2]
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They'd walk through the woods at night
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Holding hands, he'd let her lead
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Dreamt of days without corn,
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prayed with hands that were worn
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There's something about them woods
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A child can never know
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Where the old fallen leaves
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go when they float down the stream
[Chorus]
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Pairlee, Pairlee
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Died under an apple tree
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One cold winter's night,
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the frost took her life
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[Verse 3]
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And grandpa, he loved Pairlee
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But his mind was getting so old
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One night beneath that tree,
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Pairlee fell deep asleep
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And grandpa just wandered around
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In the dark down by the creek
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It was mid December
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when her forgot her
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Pairlee, Pairlee
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Died under an apple tree
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One cold winter's night,
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the frost took her life
[Verse 4]
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Now pa just sits in his yard
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No corn to tend in his mill
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'neath that tree he finds shade,
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right where Pairlee had laid
