Brakemans Blues

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[Verse 1]
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Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee
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I said Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee
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Any old place I hang my hat is home sweet home to me


[Refrain]
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Yo-de-le-oh yee ha yo-de-lay-ee


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[Verse 2]
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Well, I went down to the depot and looked up on the board
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Well, I went down to the depot and looked up on the board
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You know it's been a good time here but it's better on down the road


[Refrain]
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Yo-de-le-oh yee ha yo-de-lay-ee


[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Well, I'll eat my breakfast he-eee-eee-eere,
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Get my dinner in New Orleans
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Well, I'll eat my breakfast here, and eat my dinner in New Orleans
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I'm gonna find me a woman,
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Lord I ain't never seen


[Refrain]
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Yo-de-le-oh yee ha yo-de-lay-ee


[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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Where was you mama when that train left the shed?
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Where was you mama when the train left the shed?
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Standing by my front door wishing to God I was dead


[Refrain]
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Yo-de-le-oh yee ha yo-de-lay-ee


[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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Well I went to a little gypsy at a fortune telling place
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Well I went to a little gypsy at a fortune telling place
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She read my mind and then she slapped my face


[Refrain]
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Yo-de-le-oh yee ha yo-de-lay-ee