Who's Gene Autry

	  		
Intro 
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verse 1 
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Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro 
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Back in the saddle again 
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My little boy said, "Daddy, who's Gene Autry?" 
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His old movie was comin' on TV 
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And I said, "Let me tell you about him, son" 
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And I took him upon my knee 
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"Why, when I was a little boy about your size 
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And just about every Saturday night 
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When I could scrape up a dime for the movies 
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And when my Daddy said alright" 
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"I'd be right downtown at the picture show 
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Like everybody else that could 
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To see a handsome man 
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On a big fine stallion goin' about, doin' good" 

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Singin', "Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro 
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Put him back in the saddle again 
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Whoopi tai ai yeh, let him go on his way 
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Back in the saddle again" 


verse 2 
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"Well, he could ride his horse and play his guitar 
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And sing all at the same time 
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And I was ridin' right along there beside him 
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On that broomstick pony of mine" 
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"And you know his pistol never ran out of bullets 
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When the bad guys had to be stopped 
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And somehow his bullets never drew any blood 
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But the bad guys dropped when he shot" 
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"Yeah, old Gene was an image of justice 
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And goodness and purity 
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And in the eyes of a poor, little country boy 
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He made the world look better to me" 

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Singin', "Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro 
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Put him back in the saddle again 
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Whoopi tai ai yeh, let him go on his way 
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Back in the saddle again" 


verse 3 
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"And you know the way he rescued the rancher's daughter 
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He'd sent a thrill right up the aisle 
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And the endin' would always send us home 
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With a good victorious smile" 
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"Now you ask me, 'Who's Gene Autry?' 
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Well, son, go ahead and watch the show 
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And then ride off into the sunset with him 
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Like I did forty years ago" 

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Singin', "Whoopi tai ai oh, rockin' to and fro 
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Put him back in the saddle again 
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Whoopi tai ai yeh, let him go on his way 
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Back in the saddle again"