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[Verse 1]
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Sylvia’s mother says,   Sylvia’s busy, too busy to come to the phone.
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Sylvia’s mother says,   Sylvia’s tryin’, to start a new life of her own.
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 Sylvia’s mother says,  Sylvia’s happy, so why don’t you leave her a-lone.
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And the operator says, fourty cents more, for the next  three  minutes.


[Chorus]
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Plea-se mrs. Avery i’ve,  just got to talk to her,  i’ll only keep her/
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a while.  Please mrs. Avery i,  just wanna tell her  good-bye - - -.

[Verse 2]
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Sylvia’s mother says,  Sylvia’s packin’, she’s goin’ to be leavin’ to-day
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   Sylvia’s mother says,   Sylvia’s marryin’, a fellow down galveston way.
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  Sylvia’s mother says,  please don’t say nothin’,
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to make her start cryin’ and stay.
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And the operator says, fourty cents more, for the next  three  minutes.


[Chorus]
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Plea-se mrs. Avery i’ve,  just got to talk to her,  i’ll only keep her/
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a while.  Please mrs. Avery i,  just wanna tell her  good-bye - - -.


[Verse 3]
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Sylvia’s mother says,   Sylvia’s hurryin’, she’s catchin’ the nine o’clock 
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train.    Sylvia’s mothers says,   take your umbella’  ‘cause Sylvia
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it’s startin’ to rain.   Sylvia’s mother says,  thank you for callin’,

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and so won’t you call back a-gain.
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And the operator says, fourty cents more, for the next  three  minutes.


[Outro]
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Plea-se mrs. Avery i’ve,  just got to talk to her,  i’ll only keep her
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A while.    Please mrs. Avery i,   just wanna tell her  good-bye - - -.