MELVA’S WINE

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Every year about this time
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My wife Melva made some wine

Every year about this time
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The air is sweet as Melva's wine

And I sip her wine and I listen to the robin sings
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And the river runs through Kingston Springs

Every year about this time
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A few old friends come up to walk

Every year about this time
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A few old friends stop by to talk

And we talk about the crops and weather and things
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And the young folks here in Kingston Springs

I got the brother up Chicago way
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He wants me to visit him someday and I may sometimes
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But not as long as the robin sings
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And the river runs through Kingston Springs

It was last year about this time
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Melva made her last batch of wine

It was last year about this time
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She left for me her warm sweet wine

She could sing as sweet as robins sing
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Above her grape in Kingston Springs
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I got the brother up Chicago way
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He wants me to visit him someday and I may sometimes
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But not as long as the robin sings
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Or Melva sleeps in Kingston Springs

'Cause that was last year about this time
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That Melva made this glass of wine