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Note: hyphen=word unsung |
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I sit up all the last night |
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I done sit up all the night befo' |
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I sit up all the last night |
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An I sit up all the night befo' |
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You know, I was drinkin' |
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Lotta bad whiskey |
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I declare, I never take another |
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Drink no mo' |
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Yes, you know my baby |
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Left me early this mo'nin |
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An she never did tell me |
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When she would be back |
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My baby left me early this mo'nin |
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An she didn't tell me |
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When she would be - |
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Seem like to me, I see'd her |
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She had all her clothes |
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Packed in her sack |
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Now, if you gon' let me down easy, baby |
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Baby, please don't come back fo' no mo' |
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If you gon' let me down easy, baby |
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Please don't come back fo' no - |
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But please don't let me down too easy |
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'Till you will have come back |
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An asked for some mo' |
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Now, if you don't believe I'm duckin' |
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Will you count the days that I'm gone? |
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Now, if you don't believe I'm duckin', baby |
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Will ya count the days I'm gone? |
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Because the woman that I love |
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I declare, she've got to be born |
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You can mistreat me here, now |
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But I declare, you can't when I go home |
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You can mistreat me here, baby |
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But I declare, you can't when I go - |
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Because I got somethin' there |
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I declare, will make you leave me alone. |
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