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WHEN
THE MIST LIES ON THE POND,
A
CREATURE APPEARS IN THE MIST.
WHEN
YOU'RE WALKIN' ALL ALONE,
BETTER
HIGHTAIL IT HOME.
WHEN
THE MIST LIES ON THE POND.
WHEN
I WAS JUST A WEE ONE SITTIN' ON MY GRANDPA'S KNEE,
OF
HIS LIFE HE TOLD ME GOOD AND BAD.
ALL
ABOUT THAT NIGHT WHEN HE TOOK AN AWFUL FRIGHT,
AS
THE MIST IT LAY ON THE POND.
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EARLY
ONE MORN I WAS SENT TO HOE THE CORN.
THE
NIGHT HAD BARELY TURNED TO DAY.
WITH
MY HOE IN MY HAND I GAZED ACROSS THE LAND,
AT
THE MIST THAT LAY ON THE POND.
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ONCE
WHEN I WAS COURTIN' MY LOVE AND I WERE WALKIN',
DOWN
ALONG THE EDGE OF THE POND.
I
WAS ABOUT TO STEAL A KISS, BUT THEN I SAW THE MIST.
THE
MIST THAT LAY ON THE POND.
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NOW
I AM OLDER AND WISER I'VE BEEN TOLD.
I
CAN BARELY SEE THE MIST ON THE POND.
I
KNOW IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU FEAR THAT THE CREATURE CAN APPEAR,
IN
THE MIST AS IT LIES ON THE POND.
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