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Run O Molly run, run O Molly run |
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Tenbrooks gonna beat you to the bright shinin' sun. |
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To the bright shinin' sun O Lord to the bright shinin' sun |
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Tenbrooks was a big bay horse he wore that shaggy mane |
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He run all around Memphis he beat the Memphis train |
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Beat the Memphis train O Lord beat the Memphis train |
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See that train a-comin' it's comin' round the curve |
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See old Tenbrooks runnin' he's strainin' every nerve |
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Strainin' every nerve O Lord strainin' every nerve |
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Tenbrooks said to Molly what makes your head so red? |
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Runnin' in the hot sun puts fever in my head |
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Fever in my head O Lord fever in my head |
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Molly said to Tenbrooks you're lookin' mighty squirrel |
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Tenbrooks said to Molly I'm a-leavin' this old world |
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Leavin' this old world O Lord leavin' this old world |
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Out in California where Molly done as she pleased |
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Come back to old Kentucky got beat with all ease |
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Beat with all ease O Lord beat with all ease |
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The women all a-laughin' the child'n all a cryin' |
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The men all a-hollerin' old Tenbrooks a-flyin' |
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Old Tenbrooks a-flyin' O Lord old Tenbrooks a-flyin' |
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Kyper Kyper you're not A-ridin' right |
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Molly's beatin' old Tenbrooks clear out sight |
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Clear out of sight O Lord clear out of sight |
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Kyper Kyper Kyper my son |
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Give old Tenbrooks the bridle let old Tenbrooks run |
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Let old Tenbrooks run O Lord let old Tenbrooks run |
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Go and catch old Tenbrooks and hitch him in the shade |
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We're gonna bury old Molly in a coffin ready made |
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Coffin ready made O Lord coffin ready made |