[ar:Grandpa Jones/Joe Maphis]
[ti:Down the Old Plank Road]
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[00:00.00]Down the Old Plank Road - Grandpa Jones/Joe Maphis
[00:05.10]Rather be in Richmond with all the hail and rain
[00:08.89]Than to be in Georgia wearin' that ball and chain
[00:12.54]Don't get drunk no more
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[00:17.83]Way down the Old Plank Road
[00:27.04]I went down to Mobile but I got on the gravel train
[00:30.68]Very next thing they heard of me had on that ball and chain
[00:34.25]Don't get drunk no more
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[00:39.51]Way down the Old Plank Road
[00:49.74]Doney oh dear Doney what makes you treat me so
[00:53.25]'Caused me to wear that ball and chain now my ankle's sore
[00:56.91]Don't get drunk no more
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[01:02.36]Way down the Old Plank Road
[01:11.49]Knoxville is a pretty place Memphis is a beauty
[01:15.20]If you wanna see them pretty girls hop to Chattanoogie
[01:18.80]Don't get drunk no more
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[01:24.05]Way down the Old Plank Road
[01:33.25]I'm going to build me a scaffold on that mountain high
[01:36.83]So I can see my pretty girl as she goes riding by
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[01:45.85]Way down the Old Plank Road
[01:55.14]My wife died on Friday night Saturday she was buried
[01:58.60]Sunday was my courtin' day and Monday I got married
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[02:07.69]Way down the Old Plank Road