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While strolling along in the country,
Reviewing the scenes new and old,
I spied an old-fashioned log cabin,
So beautiful there to behold.
A stranger was standing in silence,
His eyes firmly fixed on the door;
My heart ached in pity to see him,
For these were the words that it bore.
And the sign it read: "A log cabin for sale,
An old oaken bucket and well;
Easy terms, just keep an old log on the fire,
And a light burning bright in the dell."
A welcome I read on the floor mat,
An old braided rug by the door;
The hand of an angel had made it,
Like many a prayer bead before.
In an old rocking chair on she waited,
For one glimpse of him she had yearned;
But now he was standing in silence,
Too late, yes, too late he'd returned.
And the sign it read: "A log cabin for sale,
An old oaken bucket and well;
Easy terms, just keep an old log on the fire,
And a light burning bright in the dell."
Many years an old couple so patiently looked,
For their boy whose last promise had failed;
Now the old rocking chair will be rocking no more,
There's an old log cabin for sale.
There's an old log cabin for sale.
[A] While strolling a-[D] long in the [A] country,
Re-[E7] viewing the scenes new and [A] old,
I spied an old-[D] fashioned log [A] cabin,
So [E7] beautiful there to be-[A] hold.
A [D] stranger was standing in [A] silence,
His [E7] eyes firmly fixed on the [A] door;
My heart ached in [D] pity to [A] see him,
For [E7] these were the words that it [A] bore.
And the sign [D] it read: "A log [A] cabin for sale,
An [E7] old oaken bucket and [A] well;
Easy terms, just [D] keep an [A] old log on the fire,
And a [E7] light burning bright in the [A] dell."
A welcome I read on the floor mat,
An old braided rug by the door;
The hand of an angel had made it,
With many a prayer bead before.
In an old rocking chair on she waited,
For one glimpse of him she had yearned;
But now he was standing in silence,
Too late, yes, too late he'd returned.
And the sign [D] it read: "A log [A] cabin for sale,
An [E7] old oaken bucket and [A] well;
Easy terms, just [D] keep an [A] old log on the fire,
And a [E7] light burning bright in the [A] dell."
Many [D] years an old couple so [A] patiently looked,
For their [E7] boy whose last promise had [A] failed;
Now the old rocking [D] chair will be [A] rocking no more,
There's an [E7] old log cabin for [A] sale.
There's an [E7] old log cabin for [A] sale.
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