(World War II Version)
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I got the news that the war had begun
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It was straight for the Army Hall that I run
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And all of the people in my home town
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Was a running up and a running down
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Singing:
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
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And we'll get back together again.
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The crowd was packed by the railroad track
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People was yelling and patting my back
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And while the engineer rung his bell
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I hugged all the mothers and kissed all the gals,
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Singing:
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
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And we'll get back together again
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I got to the camp and I learnt how to fight
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Fascists in daytime, mosquitoes at night
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I got my orders to cross o'er the sea
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So I waved "goodbye" to the girls I could see,
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Singing:
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
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And we'll get back together again
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I got on a boat and I started to float
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My old pack-sack and my big wool coat
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With ten thousand men we rode the foam
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And sung this song to the people back home:
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
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And we'll get back together again
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I landed somewhere on a fighting shore
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With ten million soldiers and ten million more
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And while we were chasing that Super Race
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We sung this song in the chase.
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It was:
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
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And we'll get back together again
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So it won't be long till the fascists are gone
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And all of their likes are finished and done
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We'll throw the clods of dirt in their face
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And walk away from that lonesome place
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Singing:
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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So long, it's been good to know you
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There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
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And we'll get back together again
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So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh
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Woody Guthrie |