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Grandpa John
Well John Smith was my grandpa
He was the oldest man in town
He chain smoked Camel cigarettes
And they turned his fingers brown
He used to tell me stories
You know and grandma, she call them lies
But you’d of sworn they was the gospel
By the look in grandpa’s eyes
And he said, “now back when I was you age
A traveling I did go
We went down to Little Rock
To see Cody’s Wild West Show
Buffalo Bill rode a big whit stallion
But the best part don’t you know
Was when I got to shake the hand
Of Chief Geronimo
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Oh Grandpa John
I want to go
Wont you take me with you
To Cody’s Wild West Show
Oh Grandpa John
I want to go
Wont you take me down to Little Rock
To see Geronimo
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Well grandpa slurped his coffee
And he didn’t have no hair
Grandma called him an old fart
But you know, he didn’t care
He used to give me a quarter
And he’d send me to the store
I’d come back with candy bars
I’d say grandpa tell me more
(Chorus)
We used to watch Bonanza
And he’d set me on his knee
It was Little Joe, Hoss Cartwright
Grandpa and me
We’d shoot us up some bad guys
Till everything was fair-and-square
Then I’d fall asleep with grandpa
In his old rocking chair
(Chorus)
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