Down by the old (not the new but the old)
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Mill stream (not the river but the stream),
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Where I first (not the last but the first)
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Met you. (Not me but you.)
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With your eyes (not your ears, but your eyes)
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Of blue (not green, but blue).
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Dressed in ging- (not silk but ging-) -ham too. (Not one but two.)
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And it was there (not here, but there),
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I knew (not old, but new)
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That you loved (not hate, but loved)
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Me too. (Not one but two.)
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You were sixteen (not seventeen, but sixteen)
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My village queen! (Not the king, but the queen).
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Down by the old (not the new, but the old),
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Mill stream (not the river, but the stream).
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Down By The Old Mill Stream
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| John Denver |
