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Jackson on a high hill, mama, Natchez just below |
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Jackson on a high hill, mama, Natchez just below |
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(spoken: (unknown)) |
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I ever get back home, I won't be back no more |
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Oh, my mama's gettin' old, her head is turnin' gray |
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My mama's getting old, her head is turnin' gray |
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Don't you know it'll break her heart, know, my livin' this-a way? |
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Ever woke up in the mornin', jinx all around your bed? |
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Ever woke up in the mornin', jinx all around your bed? |
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(spoken: Children, I know how it is, baby) |
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Turned my face to the wall and I didn't have a word to say |
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No use a-hollerin', no use a-screamin' and cryin' |
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No use a-hollerin', no use a-screamin' and cryin' |
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For you know you got a home, mama, long as I got mine |
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Hey, Lord have mercy on my wicked soul |
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Oh, Lord have mercy on my wicked soul |
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(spoken: You know I wouldn't mistreat you!) |
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I wouldn't mistreat you, baby, for my weight in gold |
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Oh, goin' away, baby, don't you wanna go? |
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I'm goin' away, mama, don't you wanna go? |
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(spoken: I know you wanna go, baby!) |
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Take God to tell when I'll be back here anymore |
