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To preach of peace and brotherhood,
Oh what might be the cost!
a man he did it long ago,
and they hung him on a cross.
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Long ago, far away
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Those things don't happen nowadays
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To see the lynchin' of his son.
Long ago, far away
Things like that don't happen no more nowadays.