The Caretaker ukulele

The Caretaker

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    I live in the cemetery, ol' caretaker they call me, 
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    in the wintertime I rake the leaves and in the summer I cut the weeds. 
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    When a funeral comes the people cry and pray, 
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    they bury their dead, then they all go away, 
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    and here I work and I somehow hide 
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    from a world that rushes by outside. 
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    But each night when I rest my head, 
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    I'm contented as the peaceful death. 

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    But who's gonna cry when old John dies, 
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    who's gonna cry when old John dies ? 

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    Once I was a young man dashing with the girls, 
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    now no one wants an old man, I lost my handsome curls. 
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    But I wanna say when my time comes, 
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    lay me facing the rising sun, 
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    put me in the corner where I buried my pup, 
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    tell the preacher to pray then cover me up. 

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    Don't plant flowers where my head should be, 
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    maybe God would let some grow for me. 
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    And all the little children that I love like my own, 
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    will they be sorry that old John's gone ? 

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    Who's gonna cry when old John dies, 
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    who's gonna cry when old John dies ?  

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