Story Of Parson Joe Song Lyrics and Chords by Tex Morton
Story Of Parson Joe
Written and Recorded by Tex Morton
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The barroom light shone down one night
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upon a young lad
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there
There noisy crowd of miners cried
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here lad a glass of
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beer
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miner smoke we for a joke all
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called him
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Parson
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Joe
Don't
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touch that drink young
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man I
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think my
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story
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you should
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know
You wondered why my friends that I have
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vowed to never
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drink
My babe and wife I've lost for life all
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through that cursive
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drink
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Night after night a drunken sight I'd
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staggered
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through the
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door
One
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night she wrote this
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bitter
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note you'll
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see us
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never
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more
That's why young lad it'll make me sad to
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see you touch that
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drink
Your mother dear if she were here I
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wonder what she'd
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think
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mother's dead he sadly said
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but see her
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still you
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may
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picture sir is
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one of
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be
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fore she
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passed
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away
And standing by we all heard the cry
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that came from Parson
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Joe
This picture son is of the one I
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lost so long
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ago
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You're my son I should have known
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you have your
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mother's
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face
And
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now she's gone I
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can't
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atone to
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her for
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my
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grace
The barroom light shone down so bright and
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tears bedimmed his
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eyes
And pity filled the hearts of all to
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see a strong man
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cry
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'Er mother died the boy replied she
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said she
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had
for
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given
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she'll be glad I
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found you
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dad and
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we'll meet her
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up in
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Heaven
FAQ
Who sang the the song Story Of Parson Joe?
- The song Story Of Parson Joe was sang by Tex Morton.
Who is Tex Morton?
- Tex Morton (born Robert William Lane in Nelson, New Zealand, also credited as Robert Tex Morton 30 August 1916 - 23 July 1983) was a pioneer of New Zealand and Australian country and western music, vaudevillian, actor, television host and circus performer
