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“Tom ‘an Mac” by Corran Orreaux
14th June 2026 • The Voice of Dog • Rob MacWolf and guests
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Today we present “Tom ‘an Mac” a poem by Corran Orreaux, who has some neat stuff on The Voice of Dog, and you can find more of his stories on random trees in the woods, but also Fur Affinity.

Read for you by Rob MacWolf — werewolf hitchhiker.

Instrumental arrangement by Cross, a Composed Hyena.

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You’re

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listening

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to

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Pride

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Month

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on

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The

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Voice

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of

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Dog.

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This

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is

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Rob MacWolf

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your

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fellow

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traveler,

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and

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Today

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we

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present “Tom ‘an Mac”

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a poem by Corran Orreaux, who has

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some

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neat

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stuff

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on

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The

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Voice

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of

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Dog,

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and

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you

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can

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find

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more

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of

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his

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stories

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on

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random

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trees

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in

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the

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woods,

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but

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also

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Fur

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Affinity .

The

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folk-song

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tune

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known

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as “Kingsfold”

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is

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older

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than

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that

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name.

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It

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has

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been

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not

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only

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almost

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as

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many

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different

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hymns

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as

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there

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are

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sects,

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it

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has

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been

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a

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medieval

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christmas

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carol,

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and

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numerous

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folk

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most

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famously “Star

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of

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the

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County

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Down.”

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So

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it

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is

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hardly

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possible

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to

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complain

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if

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someone

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rewrites the

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lyrics

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to

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their

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own

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indeed,

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that

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is

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entirely

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in

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keeping

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with

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the

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oldest

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known

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traditional

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use

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of

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the

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tune.

Instrumental

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arrangement

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by Cross,

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a

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Composed

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Hyena.

Please

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enjoy


“Tom ‘an

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Mac”,

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a

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poem by Corran Orreaux

Left my home when I was

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young,

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Fled

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from

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my

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father

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dear.
A man with no

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right to

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call

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me

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son,

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That's how I ended here.
Here, around, o'er

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every

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town,

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and

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every

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road 'an

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back.

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Yet

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every

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road

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I've

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deign

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to

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strode

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Takes

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me

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to

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Tom 'an

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Mac.

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From

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Glory's

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peak to

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Chesapeake
'an

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oceans

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to

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the

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bay,
for

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Tom 'an Mac I'm

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surely

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back
'an there I'll always

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stay.

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We

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met one night beneath the moon,
under a bridge I slept.
Tom said "my

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friend,

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you

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need

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a

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bed?"
'an at

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the chance

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I

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leapt.

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Took

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me

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in with a

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cup

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of

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gin

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my

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whole life we shared.
Then with a smile "stay awhile,"
'an thus three souls were bared.

From Glory's peak to Chesapeake
'an

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oceans

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to the bay,
for Tom 'an Mac I'm surely back
'an there I'll always stay.

A year I stayed with Tom 'an Mac
Such as they did insist.
For each time my paws opined
Mac eased me with a kiss.
Though waylaid, no heed I

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paid.

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I

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knew

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I'd

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always

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walk.

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So

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one

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last

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time

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my

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paws

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opined,

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For

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the

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land

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I

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had

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to stalk.

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From Glory's peak to Chesapeake
'an oceans to the bay,
for Tom 'an Mac I'm surely back
'an there I'll always stay.

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The day I

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left

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they

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touched my

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breast
'an bid

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me

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not

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to

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go.

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through

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tears 'an

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shoves,

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as

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mourning

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does,
"You

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have

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a home, you

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know!?"
So I went with

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a promise

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lent
I

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would

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one

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day

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return.
I

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would,

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by grace,

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at my own pace,
as kindling took to burn.

From Glory's peak to Chesapeake
'an oceans to the

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bay,

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for

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Tom 'an

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Mac

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I'm surely back
'an there I'll always stay.




This was “Tom ‘an Mac” by Corran Orreaux, read for you by Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker, with instrumental

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arrangement

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by

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Cross,

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a

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Composed Hyena. Happy Pride,

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and

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Thank

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you

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for

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listening

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to

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The

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Voice

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of Dog.

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