Kern River

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 19:59:31 -0800

From: lindsey@sirius.com (Tom Lindsey)

Subject: Haggard, Merle; Kern River.crd

Kern River

Merle Haggard

CHORUS:

I'll never swim Kern River again.

It was there that I met her.

It was there that I lost my best friend.

And now I live in the mountains.

I drifted up here with the wind.

And I may drown in still water,

But I'll never swim Kern River again.

VERSE

I grew up in an oil town,

But my gusher never came in.

And the river was a boundary

Where my darlin' and I used to swim.

One night in the moonlight

The swiftness swept here life away.

And now I live on Lake Shasta and

Lake Shasta is where I will stay.

CHORUS

There's the South San Joaquin,

Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found.

And there's a place called Mount Whitney

>From where the mighty Kern River comes down.

Well, it's not deep nor wide,

But it's a mean piece of water my friend.

And I may cross on the highway,

But I'll never swim Kern River again

CHORUS

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