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"Now a lit-tle old la-dy by the name of Ma Ba-ker, Lived out of town on"
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"one square a-cre In a lit-tle white house With a pic-ket fence all a-round"
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"= She had a kind and gen-= tle way Till the day the T. V. A. tried to"
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"make Ma Ba-ker sell her lit-tle a-cre of ground.= They showed her a map"
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"of how the ri-= ver ran And a sketch of a brand new dam but Ma Ba-ker"
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"would-nt sell her lit-tle a-cre of land.= She said, ``Pa left this to= me"
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"son-ny and I would-n't sell for love nor mo-ney, No sir, Ma Ba-ker's gon-"
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"na keep her lit-tle a-cre of land.= Now the next time they came they"
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"brought the she-riff, and found Ma a-roc-kin' in an old porch chair, Just"
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"a-knit-tin' and a-roc-kin' Out in the eve-ning sun;= She told them that"
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"they'd best= to wait,= And not to step through the pic-ket gate,= And on"
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"Ma Ba-= kers's lap they saw Pa's old shot-gun.= Now out in the mid-dle of"
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"the brand-= new lake, is a lit-tle is-land of one square a-cre, but Ma Ba-"
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"ker's just as hap-py as she can= be;= She can't swim, but she= can float,"
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"and catch big bass from her mo-= tor boat and when the wind ain't blo-"
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"wing too much. she can wa-ter ski.= And Ma Ba-ker still owns her lit-tle"
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"a-cre of land.= "
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