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	Current version of Tom T. Hall Lyrics The Ballad of Bill Crump (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-t-hall/ballad/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Tom T. Hall Lyrics The Ballad of Bill Crump (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-t-hall/ballad/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	Now I hear a lot of tall stories since my business is writin' songs						Now I'd hear a lot of tall stories since my	1
2	And every now and then if you listen real close						business is writin' songs And every now and then	2
3	A                              good true one comes along						if you listen real close a good true one comes	3
4	And this is the story of old Bill Crump from the North Carolina Hills						along And this is the story of old Bill Crump from	4
5	Nat Winston of Nashville knew this man real well						the North Carolina Hills Nat Winston of Nashville	5
6							knew this man real well	6
1	He built the church and he built the pews							1
7	He built the cradles and            the furniture for the schools						He built the church and he built the pews He built	7
8	Folks in Avery County say that he was better than good						the cradles and the furniture for the schools	8
9	Probably one of the reasons the Lord made wood						Folks in Avery County say that he was better than	9
10							good Probably one of the reasons the Lord made	10
11	Now men have faults and Bill's fault was						wood	11
2	He loved to sip that corn							2
12	He lived ninety some years that way						Now men have faults and Bill's fault was he loved	12
13	Don't guess it was hurtin' him none						to sip that corn He lived ninety some years that	13
14							way don't guess it was hurtin' him none You could	14
15	You could take him a picture from a catalog						take him a picture from a catalog he could build	15
16	He could build anything he'd see						anything he'd see He could make anything that you	16
17	He could make anything						could make out of the tree One day Bill said Mama	17
18	That                        you could make out of the tree						I'm gettin' old I want you to measure me good I'm	18
19							goin' out to that wood pile and get myself some	19
20	One day Bill said, “Mama I'm gettin' old						wood And                       I'm gonna make me a coffin I want it to	20
21	I want you to measure me good						fit                         me fine The way I figure it I've got about	21
22	I'm goin' out to that wood pile						enough time He built the church and he built the	22
23	And get myself some wood”						pews...	23
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24	“And I'm gonna make me a coffin						Now Bill worked on that coffin like he was gonna	24
25	I want it to fit me fine						be there awhile He'd show the folks and rub that	25
26	The way I figure it						wood and then stand back and smile He used that	26
27	I've got about enough time”						body for ninety some years figured it had treated	27
28							him good And when he left it he put it away in	28
29	He built the church and he built the pews						some real fine wood Oh right now old Bill's	29
30	He built the cradles and the furniture for the schools						sleepin' in the hills of North Caroline In his	30
31	Folks in Avery County say that he was better than good						homemade coffin handrubbed walnut velvet lined Now	31
32	Probably one of the reasons the Lord made wood						most folks use their heads and hands and just	32
33							think of themselves His body's there but his	33
34	Now Bill worked on that coffin						spirit's someplace else Cause he built the church	34
35	Like he was gonna be there awhile						and he built the pews...	35
4	He'd show the folks and rub that wood							4
5	And then stand back and smile							5
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7	He used that body for ninety some years							7
8	Figured it had treated him good							8
9	And when he left it							9
10	He put it away in some real fine wood							10
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12	Oh, right now old Bill's sleepin'							12
13	In the hills of North Caroline							13
14	In his homemade coffin							14
15	Handrubbed walnut velvet lined							15
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17	Now most folks use their heads and hands							17
18	And just think of themselves							18
19	His body's there							19
20	But his spirit's someplace else							20
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22	'Cause he built the church and he built the pews							22
23	He built the cradles and the furniture for the schools							23
24	Folks in Avery County say that he was better than good							24
25	Probably one of the reasons the Lord made wood							25
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27	He built the church and he built the pews							27

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