They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole Song Lyrics and Chords
They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole Song Lyrics and Chords by Bobby Bare
They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole
Recorded by Bobby Bare
Written by Jack Clement
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Boring through the mountains by-
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passing the
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towns
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state
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90 is a
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sight to be
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hold
But that
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monument to progress and
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engineering
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skill
Has covered
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up the
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old
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swimmin'
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hole
Thirty feet straight up from where the
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old hole
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stood
They sell twenty
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kinds of
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ice cream
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and the food is
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good
But it
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never can compare with the
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food for the
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soul
You could get
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for a
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dip in the
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old swimmin'
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hole
Well the
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old swimmin' hole her cool
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waters ran deep
Felt good
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to a
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boy with
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mud on his
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feet
And I'm
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wishing these days I could
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strip to my
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soul
And go
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for a
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dip in the
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old swimmin'
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hole
A symbol of our great and
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affluent
socie
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ty
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state
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90
ful
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fillment of our
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goals
But that
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masterpiece of human
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ingenui
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Has covered
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up the
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old
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swimmin'
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hole
Gone the wooden schoolhouse the
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old country
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store
The winding
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dirt
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road that's
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winding no
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more
And the
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old swimmin' hole hears the
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sound of speeding
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wheels
Entombed be
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neath a
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blanket of
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concrete and
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steel
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FAQ
Who sang the the song They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole?
- The song They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole was sang by Bobby Bare.
Who is Bobby Bare?
- Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.
