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As a young man I went riding out on the western plain
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In the state of North Dakota I met my Nellie Kane,
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I met my Nellie Kane
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She was livin' alone in a cabin with a son by another man
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For five years she waited for him, as long as a woman can,
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As long as a woman can
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I don't know what changed my mind
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'til then I was the ramblin' kind
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The kind of love I can't explain
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That I have for Nellie Kane
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She took me out to work that day and helped me till the land
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In the afternoon we planted seed and in the evenin' we held hands,
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In the evenin' we held hands
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Her blue eyes told me everything that you'd want to know
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And it was then I realized that I would never go
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I would never go
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I don't know what changed my mind
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'til then I was the ramblin' kind
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The kind of love I can't explain
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That I have for Nellie Kane
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Now many years have gone by and our son has grown up tall
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I became her guardian and she became my all,
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She became my all
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
I don't know what changed my mind
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'til then I was the ramblin' kind
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The kind of love I can't explain
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That I have for Nellie Kane
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