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They called Rosie a lady until she had the baby |
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Then they called Rosie crazy, but she don't care at all |
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She sits rockin' and singin' and crazy Rosie's grinin' |
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Won't say what she's thinkin' she just sits and rocks a doll |
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When it comes to ladies, Rosie was first class |
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Her eighteen years had been the very best |
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'Til she met that traveller, she called darling James |
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Papa said he weren't fit to speak Rosie's name |
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Papa called him Jesse James |
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The talk was darling James took his own life |
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And Rosie thought she'd have her darling's child |
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But papa made plans to hide Rosie's shame |
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Papa sent her away to save the family name |
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Yeah he gave the son of Jesse James |
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They called Rosie a lady until she had the baby |
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Then they called Rosie crazy, but she don't care at all |
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She sits rockin' and singin' and crazy Rosie's grinin' |
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Won't say what she's thinkin' she just sits and rocks a doll |
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They say sometimes a tear comes to Rosie's eye |
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Though she never has spoke since they took her child |
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For twenty years of silence papa was to blame |
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'Cause Rosie knows that papa took the life of darling James |
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Papa saved the family name |
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They called Rosie a lady until she had the baby |
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Then they called Rosie crazy, but she don't care at all |
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She sits rockin' and singin' and crazy Rosie's grinin' |
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Won't say what she's thinkin' she just sits and rocks a doll |
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They called Rosie a lady until she had the baby |
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Then they called Rosie crazy, but she don't care at all |
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She sits rockin' and singin' and crazy Rosie's grinin' |
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Won't say what she's thinkin' she just sits and rocks a doll |
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They called Rosie a lady until she had the baby |