“On Top of Old Smoky”
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An American folksong (see folk music). It begins:
On top of old Smoky,
All covered with snow,
I lost my true lover,
By a-courting too slow.
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ontologism, ontologize, ontology, on top, on top of, “On Top of Old Smoky”, on top of the world, on-trend, on trial, onus, onus probandi
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