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Where The Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma 
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It Runs Free And Rambles Muddy And Wide 
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Where The Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma 
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It's Gone Forever And Never Looks Back 
 
  
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I Met Her In Stillwell She Just Turned Twenty 
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A Spirited Beauty Like I've Never Known 
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And Me A Dirt Farmer Who Lived By The River 
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But She Said She Loved Me And The Free Life I Owned 
 
  
We Married In April And Lived By The River 
We Worked That Land From Spring Till The Fall 
But I Guess When The Winter Howled At Our Window 
She Couldn't Help Hearing That Wild River Call 
 
  
 
  
She Tried To Conquer That Wild Rage With-in Her 
But Something Too Strong Ran Deep In Her Soul 
But I Know She Loved Me She Cried Like A Baby 
That Cold Winter Evening She Answered The Call