| Well, you’ve got to walk that lonesome valley
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| Well, you gotta go there by yourself
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| Well, there ain’t nobody else gonna go there for you
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| You gotta go there by yourself
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| Now, mother walked that lonesome valley
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| Now, mother walked, she walked it, walked it by herself
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| Oh, ain’t nobody else could ever walk it for her
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| Ah, she had to walk it, she had to walk it by herself
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| Yeah, you’ve gotta walk that lonesome valley
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| Gotta, gotta, gotta go, yeah, by yourself
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| Ain’t nobody else will go there for you
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| Well, you gotta go there by yourself
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| Now father walked in that lonesome valley
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| Now father walked it, he walked it by himself
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| Nobody else could walk it for him
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| Well, he had to walk it, he had to walk it by himself
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| Well, you’ve got to walk that lonesome valley
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| Well, you gotta go there by yourself
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| Well, there ain’t nobody else gonna go there with you
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| Well, you know you gotta go, you know you gotta get there by yourself
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| Well, you know you gotta walk that lonesome valley
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| Well, you know you gotta go there by yourself
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| Well, there ain’t nobody here that gonna go there with you
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| You gotta go there by yourself
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| By yourself |