Shorty George

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

[Verse]
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Well, my Papa died when I was just 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 the bad

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

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

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