(Walt Whitman, 1852)
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Allons! The road is before us
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it is safe, I have tried it
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My own feet have tried it well
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be not detained
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Let the paper remain on the desk unwritten
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and the book on the shelf unopened
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Let the tools remain in the workshop
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let the money remain unearned
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Let the school stand
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mind not the cry of the teacher
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Let the preacher preach in his pulpit
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let the lawyer plead in his court
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And let the judge expound the law...
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...Let them!
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Comerado! I give you my hand
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I give you my love more precious than money
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I give you myself before preaching and law
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Will you give me yourself?
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Will you come travel with me?
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Will you give me yourself? Hey!
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Will you come travel with me?
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Will we stick be each other?
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as long as we live?
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As long as we LIVE?
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Song of the open road
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| The Waterboys |
