[00:20.47]Back before the blues were blue
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[00:23.67]When the good ol' songs were new
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[00:28.05]Songs that may no longer please us
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[00:31.92]'Bout the darkies, about Jesus
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[00:35.91]Mississippi minstrels color of molasses
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[00:40.48]Strummed their banjos to entertain their massas
[00:43.93]Some said garbage, others cried art
[00:47.50]You couldn't call it soul, you had to call it heart
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[00:54.26]Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds
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[00:58.38]The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds
[01:01.63]Put the wood in the stove, the water in the cup
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[01:05.76]You worked so hard that you died standing up
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[01:12.32]When I was a little thing
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[01:15.99]Papa tried to make me sing
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[01:20.11]Home Sweet Home and Aura Lee
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[01:23.35]These were songs that my daddy tought me
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[01:27.66]Camptown Races and Susannah Don't You Cry
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[01:31.73]Gentle Annie still brings a tear to my eye
[01:35.34]Label it garbage, label it art
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[01:38.78]You couldn't call it soul, you had to call it heart
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[01:45.58]Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds
[01:49.26]The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds
[01:53.01]Put the wood in the stove, the water in the cup
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[01:56.75]You worked so hard that you died standing up
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[02:03.57]Sing me songs of days gone by
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[02:07.19]Watch me laugh, watch me cry
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[02:11.37]Break my female heart in two
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[02:14.37]Sing me songs that say "I love you"
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[02:18.73]Lower your eyes, raise your hand to your breast
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[02:22.92]Sing me one about the sun setting in the west
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[02:38.53]Backs broke bending digging holes to plant the seeds
[02:42.03]The owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds
[02:45.29]Put the wood in the stove, the water in the cup
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[02:48.91]You worked so hard that you died standing up
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[02:59.67]Wood's in the stove, water's in the cup
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[03:03.98]You worked so hard that you died standing up
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