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Near the backroad
There's a dog went running,
picking through spit out leaves
a dog won't even touch.

Meant to shoot that dog long ago
Just can't leave that dog alone

Maria, carry a rifle
Maria, carry a dog on her back
That dog is hit again
That slow dog is hit again,
With his see-thru skin
The kind of skin you can see through

He's shot again
He's shot again
He's shot a-a-a-a-a-a
He's shot again
He's shot again
He's shot a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a

Heal me by a river
Man retires his wife says
that she was so sad and sick
His heart breaks in the mud.
Thought I'd leave this world by twenty-one.
Couldn't leave that dog alone

Maria, carry a rifle
Maria, carry a dog on her back
That dog is hit again
That slow dog is hit again,
With his see-thru skin
The kind of skin you can see through

He's shot again
He's shot again
He's shot a-a-a-a-a-a
He's shot again
He's shot again
He's shot a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a

Maria carry a rifle
Maria carry a dog on her back
Maria carry you on her back