THE DROWNING OF THE HEBER SPRINGS BOY
Sung by: Owen Harvell
Recorded in Lunenberg, AR, 7/2/52

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He stood upon the shore
And thought of home in heaven
And happy days of yore.
He sank beneath the waves,
No mother there to save.
No father there to help him,
He filled a watery grave.

All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted

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