Motherless Child

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If I mistreat you girl, I sure dont mean no harm

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If I mistreat you girl, I sure dont mean no harm

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Well Im a motherless child who dont know right from wrong.

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Please tell me pretty mama, honey whered you stay last night

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Please tell me pretty mama, honey whered you stay last night

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Well you didnt come home til the sun was shining bright.

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I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled

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I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled

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Well these other lotta women gonna let my ham bones burn.

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Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done

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Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done

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Well I give you my jelly, he aint give you none.

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And when you see two women always runnin hand in hand

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And you see two women always running hand in hand

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You can bet your bottom dollar one

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Well Im goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair

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Im goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair

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And if the blues overtake me gonna rock away from there

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