Big Twenty
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chorus: Move along big twenty, big twenty move along- you`ve got a master
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and you`ve got a home.
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Move along big twenty big twenty move along- you`ve got the muscle
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and you`ve got the bone.
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1.Went out on the Mojave with a twenty mule team, ten tons of borax and a
muleskinner`s dream.
We`ll soon be a-winin` and a-dinin` I know, with a cute little filly in the
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town of Reno.
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2.The Apaches are restless there`s smoke in the sky. But I`m too old for
scalpin` and I`m too young to die.
But they`ll soon be around us like ants on a hill- bringin` this
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muleskinner up for the kill.
(Here`s where I can`t remember much)
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3.My mules started runnin`___-___-____-___-____
___-____-_____-____-____ bring big twenty down;
But we`re still a-livin` so the story can be told-
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How I traded that borax for Apache gold.