Shorty George

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Well-a, Shorty George, ain't no 
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friend of mine
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Well-a, Shorty George, ain't no 
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friend of mine
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He'sa taken all the women and left 
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the men behind

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Well, my Papa died when I was just 
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a lad,
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My papa died when I was just a lad
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And ever since that day, I been to
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 the bad

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[Verse]
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Got a letter from my baby, I 
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couldn't read from crying
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Got a letter from my baby, I 
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couldn't read from crying
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She said my mama weren't dead yet, 
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but she was slowly dying

[Verse]
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Well, I took my mama to the burying
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 ground
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I took my mama to the burying ground
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I never knowed I loved her till 
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that coffin sound

[Verse]
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Yes, I went down to the graveyard, 
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peeped in my my mama's face
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Yes, I went down to the graveyard, 
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peeped in my mama's face
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"Ain't it hard to see you in this 
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lonesome place?"