written by A. P. Carter
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Well you got to walk that lonesome valley
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You got to walk it by yourself
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Nobody else can walk it for you
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You got to walk it by yourself
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Now mother walked that lonesome valley
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She had to walk it by herself
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Cause nobody else could walk it for her
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She had to walk it by herself
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Now father walked that lonesome valley
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He had to walk it by himself
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Nobody else could walk it for him
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He had to walk it by himself
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Now John they say he was a Baptist
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While others say he was a Jew
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But the holy bible plainly tells you
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Oh that he was a preacher too
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Yeah you got to walk that lonesome valley
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You got to walk it by yourself
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Ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
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You got to go there by yourself
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Yeah we got to walk that lonesome valley
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We got to walk it by ourselves
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Cause nobody else can walk it for us
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We got to walk it by ourselves
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Yeah we got to walk that lonesome valley
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We got to walk it by ourselves
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Nobody else can walk it for us
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We got to walk it by ourselves
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Yeah we got to walk it by ourselves