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When I was just a wee girl round the fire late at night
After long days of work out on the farm
I’d listen till the embers had lost all of their bright light
As Papa taught me how to spin a yarn

He’d tell me of the days before he came to farm this land
The dangers of the open plains he crossed
And of the day he asked to take my dearest mama’s hand
Papa taught me how to spin a yarn

Papa taught me how to spin a yarn
Not quite the kind that Mama wants me to
She thinks I should use my girlish charms and settle down
But Papa taught me how to spin a yarn

Most girls my age are busy learning how to be a wife
I like to spend my time out past the barn
Beneath my favorite oak where I can find some peace and write
Cause Papa taught me how to spin a yarn

Papa taught me how to spin a yarn
Not quite the kind that Mama wants me to
She thinks I should use my girlish charms and settle down
But Papa taught me how to spin a yarn

One day I’ll go to Tulsa and I’ll take my favorite tales
To see if someone thinks they’re worth a darn
Been saving up my money in a worn out washing pale
Cause Papa taught me how to spin a yarn

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from The Tag Hollow Sessions, released May 22, 2012

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K.C. Clifford Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

K.C. Clifford is a three-time Woody Guthrie Award-winning singer/songwriter from Oklahoma City.

These days she splits her time between her two lifelong dreams: music and motherhood. She and her husband, musician David Broyles, live in Oklahoma City with their two children.
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