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Shel Silverstein - Paul Bunyan
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He rode through the woods on a big blue ox,
He had fists as hard as choppin` blocks,
Five hundred pounds and nine feet tall...that`s Paul.
 
Talk about workin`, when he swung his axe
You could hear it ring for a mile and a half.
Then he`d yell"Timber!" and down she`d fall...for Paul.                
 
Talk about drinkin`, that man`s so mean
That he`d never drink nothin` but kerosene,
And a five-gallon can is a little bit small...for Paul.
 
Talk about tough, well he once had a fight
With a thunderstorm on a cold dark night.
I ain`t sayin` who won,
But it don`t storm at all...round here...thanks to Paul.             
 
He was ninety years old when he said with a sigh,
"I think I`m gonna lay right down and die
`Cause sunshine and sorrow, I`ve seen it all...says Paul.
 
He says, "There ain`t no man alive can kill me,
Ain`t no woman `round can thrill me,
And I think heaven just mught be a ball"...says Paul.
 
So he died...can we cried.
 
It took eighteen men just to bust the ground,
It took twenty-four more just to lower him down.
And we covered him up and we figured that was all...for Paul.
 
But late one night the trees started shakin`,
The dogs started howlin` and the earth started quakin`,
And out of the ground with a "Hi, y`all"...comes Paul!
 
He shook the dirt from off his clothes,
He scratched his butt and wiped his nose.
"Y`kknow, bein` dead wasn`t no fun at all"...says Paul.
 
He says, "Up in heaven they got harps on their knees,
They got clouds and wings but they got no trees.
I don`t think that`s much of a heaven at all"...says Paul.
 
So he jumps on his ox with a fare-thee-well,
He says, "I`ll find out if there`s trees in hell."
And he rode away, and that was all...we ever seen...of Paul.
 
But the next time you hear a "Timber!" yell
That sounds like it`s comin` from the pits of hell,
Then a weird and devilish ghostly wail
Like somebody`s choppin` on the devil`s tail,
Then a shout, a call, a crash, a fall--
That ain`t no mortal man at all...that`s Paul!
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