The Three Fine Daughters of Farmer Brown

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 Breaking hearts in Halifax County,
 The three fine daughters of farmer Brown
 Turning heads of the boys in the schoolyard
 Catching whistles from the men downtown
 No one knows why they went rowin',
 The three fine daughters of farmer Brown,
 They didn't know that the rocks on the river'd be
 The 'Three Sisters' island, where they'd all drown
 Widower Brown had a girl named Nellie
 She was the oldest and toughest of three
 She would take her daddy's well-sharpened sickle
 And carve "kill men" in the sycamore tree
 The men came a courtin' but she'd keep her distance
 Never cracked a smile, just played it coy
 Some say she's as tender as a petal
 She'd act tough 'cause her daddy wanted a boy
 Old man brown had a girl named Dottie
 The middle button and the most vain of the three
 She'd take her daddy's fat leather boot strap
 And whip anyone who'd call her 'Dorothy'
 The men would fawn her and she would repay 'em
 And peck 'em where they'd find it safe to kiss
 Like the barn or the porch or the upstairs parlor
 Anywhere that'd keep 'em from her father's fist
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 Farmer Brown had a girl named Becca
 She was the youngest and most reverent of all
 She would take her daddy's King James Bible
 And go study Scripture at the brethren hall
 The men would avoid her 'cuz she would condemn them
 For cussing and drinking and chasing the Browns
 She'd say "Repent and join God forever!
 The pleasure of sin's not as good as it sounds."
 One day the three with nothing in common
 Spied upon an abandoned row boat
 Maybe their sense of adventure had pushed
 The three young girls to set the ship afloat
 They didn't know the strength of the river
 The merciless current that pulled them down
 Maybe it was due to the weight of their denim
 But the three girls' bodies were never found
 Some may recall the singing of the sirens
 Luring in the sailors to wreck and drown
 Some say they still hear the fightin'
 And the flirtin'
 And the preachin'
 Of the daughters of farmer Brown
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