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Tucumcari
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Jimmie Rodgers Roulette R-4191
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(Olofson-McIntyre) Mappa Mus. Corp. ASCAP
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Twelve more miles to Tucumcari
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I've been hurrying there
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To the gal I'm gonna marry
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With the yellowest hair
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{Left right march along
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I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
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Ten more miles to Tucumcari
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Then I'll never more roam
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(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)
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Eight more miles to Tucumcari
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It's the fourth of July
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Been three years in January
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Since I kissed her goodbye
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{Left right march along
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I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
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Six more miles to Tucumcari
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Then I'll never more roam
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(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)
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Four more miles to Tucumcari
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Not much further to go
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Got no time to waste or tarry
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She'll be waitin' I know
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{Left right march along
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I've just gotta get home} (just gotta get home)
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Two more miles to Tucumcari
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Then I'll never more roam
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(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I just gotta get home)
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Here I am in Tucumcari
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Found my yellow-haired gal
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Just in time to see her marry
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With my very best pal
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{Left right march along
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Guess I better be gone} (I better be gone)
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A thousand miles from Tucumcari
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I'll be rambling on
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(Tucumcari, Tucumcari, I'll be rambling on)
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A hundred miles from Tucumcari
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Down in Santa Fe
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Fell in love with a girl named Mary
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Gee I'm happy today
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{No more marching now
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Found my honeycomb} (found my honeycomb)
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I've forgotten Tucumcari
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No more reason to roam
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(Tucumcari, Tucumcari)
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I've forgotten Tucumcari
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No more reason to roooaaaammmmm
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Tucumcari
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| Jimmie Rodgers |
