"You sure have been quite a doll Raggedy Ann"
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yes'sa "Quite a doll"
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but I didn't really know ya untill I started making these trips up here to talk to ya
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and now I'm beginning to see more and more why my baby loved ya so much
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Why Raggedy Ann sometimes I'd almost swear that your just about as alive as I am
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When I hug you up close to me I can feel every ounce
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of the warm glow of love the she must have felt
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And you know what Raggedy Ann
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I'd give anything I owned in this world if I knew just half of the memories that have passed through those little black button eyes of yours
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Hid themselves, in your tear stained stuffing
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Why I bet your just busting out with little ol childhood secrets that could really set a lonely man's heart aglo
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Sometimes I still have to laugh the way you had to sample all of her food
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and see all of her little new dresses and answer a thousand questions
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It's really a small wonder that your all in one piece
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the way she used to drag you around by one leg
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everywhere she went
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but you didn't seem to mind
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cause you always had that big 'ol smile on your face
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and you know something Raggedy Ann
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I bet that smile has dried more tears and cured more little hurts than I could ever hope to kiss away
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And I tell you something else, That big smile has given me strength to face some pretty trying times myself
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And I wanna Thank you again Raggedy Ann
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For helping me raise her after her mamma died
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Somehow you just stepped right into her mama's shoes
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and just that much farther into our hearts
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And then that year of the rain, remember?
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One night the fever took my baby
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You just laid right there beside her while I did everything I could right up to the end
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And since then it's just been just me and you Raggedy Ann
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Just me and You
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But you know the years haven't seemed to bother you too much
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'course your a little faded here and there from the wind and the rain
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But that heart warming charm and that spark of love seems stronger now than it ever did
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And look at me
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Well I barely made it up the hill today
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Look Raggedy Ann I can't even brush the dirt from my knees
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So Don't look for me tomorrow
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Aww I won't make it
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I'd like to take you with me Raggedy Ann
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But I know youd be happier right here
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watching over my baby and keepin her warm
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Well I gotta leave you now
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I gotta Go
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And bout the only thing that comes to my mind to say to you is
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" God Bless Ya"
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and
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" You Sure Have Been Quite a Doll Raggedy Ann"
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Yes'sa
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" Quite A Doll"
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(You've Been Quite a Doll) Raggedy Ann
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| Little Jimmy Dickens |
