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2.17sPeople, our search is over.
2sOn this site, we shall build a new town...
2.6swhere we can worship freely, govern justly...
3.37sand grow vast fields of hemp for making rope and blankets.
2.54sYes, and marry our cousins.
2.47sI was-- What are you talking about, Shelbyville?
3.8sWhy would we wanna marry our cousins? 'Cause they're so attractive.
3.67sI-i thought that was the whole point of this journey. Absolutely not!
1.83sI tell you, I won't live in a town...
2.6sthat robs men of the right to marry their cousins!
2.7sWell, then we'll form our own town.
4sWho will come and live a life devoted to chastity, abstinence...
2.57sand a flavorless mush I call "rootmarm"?
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3.7sThe town of Springfield was born on that day.
2.3sAnd to mark that sweet moment,
2.97sour people planted this lemon tree,
3.74slemons being the sweetest fruit available at the time.