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My name is Hallie Lonnigan, I married Walter Jones
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For better or for worse, so said the Reverend Doctor Stone
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But the better times are all used up and the worst times took con- -trol
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Then drinkin took my Walter, may the Lord protect his soul
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A- -lone with two young kids to raise out on the western plain
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My children harmonized with wolves and sang just like the rain
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But haulin hay and water were the desperate daily facts
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And the years have carved their memories in the muscles of my back, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
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Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
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Hard times the only times I ever knew
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Hard lucks the only horse I ever drew
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Hard works the only way I made it through
[Verse]
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Then I married for convenience sake a trader from in town
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A blacksmith name of Charlie Hawk whod court me on his rounds
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But hed paw me like a wolverine and theres cheatin in his blood
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He fell upon my butcher knife and crawled off through the mud
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Well no one was the wiser when old Charlie disap- -peared
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And me and them poor children never shed one single tear
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We can run this place on our own, dont need no drunks or cheats
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And the men they step a- -side now when I walk down Market Street, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Am G F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C G
Hard times the only times I ever knew
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Hard lucks the only horse I ever drew
F G C
Hard works the only way I made it through
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This land was conquered by brave men, your history books will say
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Proud men upon fast horses drove the Indian a- -way
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My name is Hallie Lonnigan; Ill have you all to know
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That the secret of your historys in a workin womans soul, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
Am G F
Hallie Lonnigan will tell these truths to you
C G
Hard times the only times I ever knew
E E7 Am
Hard lucks the only horse I ever drew
F G C
Hard works the only way I made it through