| You’ve got to walk that lonesome valley
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| Well you gotta go by yourself
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| Well there ain’t nobody else gonna go there for you
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| You gotta go there by yourself
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| Now mother walked that lonesome valley
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| Now mother walked, she walked it by herself
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| Well there ain’t nobody else could ever walk it for her
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| She had to walk it, she had to walk it by herself
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| You’ve got to walk that lonesome valley
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| Well you gotta go by yourself
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| Well there ain’t nobody else gonna go there for you
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| You gotta go there by yourself
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| Now father walked that lonesome valley
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| Now father walked it, he walked it by himself
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| Nobody else could walk it for him
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| Well he had to walk it, he had to walk it by himself
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| You’ve got to walk that lonesome valley
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| Well you gotta go by yourself
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| Well there ain’t nobody else gonna go there for you
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| You gotta go there by yourself
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| Now John was a baptist
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| He was some folk say he was a Jew
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| He wrote that holy holy bible
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| The bible tells you, it plainly tells you
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| That he was, that he was a preacher too
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| You’ve got to walk that lonesome valley
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| Well you gotta go by yourself
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| Well there ain’t nobody else gonna go there for you
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| You gotta go there by yourself
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| You’ve got to walk that lonesome valley
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| Well you gotta go by yourself
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| Well there ain’t nobody else gonna go there for you
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| You gotta go there by yourself |