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I am Jeremiah Dixon
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I am a Geordie boy
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A glass of wine with you sir
A D
And the ladies I'll enjoy
E A D
All Durham and Northumberland
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Is measured up by my own hand
E A D
It was my fate from birth
D E
To make my mark upon the earth
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He calls me Charlie Mason
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A stargazer Am I
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It seems that I was born
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To chart the evening sky
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They'd cut me out for baking bread
E A D
But I had other dreams instead
E A D
This baker's boy from the west country
D E
Would join the Royal Society
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We are sailing to Philadelphia
A E Bbm E
A world away from the coaly Tyne
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Sailing to Philadelphia
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To draw the line
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A Mason-Dixon Line
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Now you're a good surveyor Dixon
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But I swear you'll make me mad
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The West will kill us both
A D
You gullible Geordie lad
E A D
You talk of liberty
E A D
How can America be free
E A D
A Geordie and a baker's boy
D E
In the forests of the Iroquois
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Now hold your head up Mason
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See America lies there
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The morning tide has raised
A D
The capes of Delaware
E A D
Come up and feel the sun
E A D
A new morning has begun
E A D
Another day will make it clear
DE
Why your stars should guide us here
A E F#m D
We are sailing to Philadelphia
A E Bbm E
A world away from the coaly Tyne
C#m F#m D
Sailing to Philadelphia
F#m E
To draw the line
D E D A
A Mason-Dixon Line
D E A
A Mason-Dixon Line
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