RECITATIV:
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Now somewhere in the Black Mountain hills of Dakota
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there lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon
And one day his woman ran off with another guy
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Hit young Rocky in the eye
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Rocky didn't like that,
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he said I'm gonna get that boy
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So one day he walked into town
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and booked himself a room in a local saloon
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Rocky Raccoon,
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checked into his room,
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only to find Gideon's Bible.
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Rocky had come,
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equipped with a gun,
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to shoot off the legs of his rival
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His rival it seems,
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had broken his dreams,
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by stealing the girl of his fancy
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Her name was McGill,
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And she called herself Lil,
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but everyone knew her as Nancy
Now she and her man,
who called himself Dan,
were in the next room at the hoedown
Rocky burst in
and grinning a grin,
he said "Danny boy, this is a showdown.
"But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot,
and Rocky collapsed in the corner.
INSTRUMENTAL
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Now the doctor came in,
stinking of gin,
and proceeded to lie on the table.
He said, "Rocky, you met your match,"
but Rocky said, "Doc, it's only a scratch
and I'll be better, I'll be better, Doc, as soon as I am able."
Now Rocky Raccoon,
he fell back in his room
only to find Gideons Bible
Gideon checked out
and he left it no doubt
to help with good Rocky's revival.