'twere thuh excited ''ty Lord''

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                      'bout that land
                             earth
                        'neath your
                              feets
                        'neath yourn
                              bare

                              that's 
                      holy ground girl
                         holy ground

                 i bet every desert dry'd
                       blade uv grass
                           and twig
                     know'd you were
                     fix'n tuh lay there

                                 i
                     already pray'd girl
                                 i 
                          dun pray'd
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