Key: Eb major
Verse 1
your man to the war?
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What you gonna do,
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send your man to the war?
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What you gonna do when they send your
man to the war?"
"I'm gonna drink muddy water,
Verse 2
gonna sleep in a hollow log"
I'm all here by myself
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Got nobody, all here by myself
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Got nobody, all here by
myself
Well, these women don't care but
Verse 3
the men don't need me here
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Well, I'm goin' to the river,
gonna walk it up and down
Goin' to the river, walk it up and down
Goin' to the river, walk it up and down
If I don't find Parthena, I'm gonna
jump overboard and drown
Verse 4
a headlight on some train
If I could shine like a headlight on some train
If I could shine like a headlight
on some train
I would shine my light in
Verse 5
Colorado Springs
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Well, they tell me that southbound
train had a wreck last night
Lord, that southbound train
had a wreck last night
Lord, that southbound train had a wreck
last night
Sugar, the section foreman ain't
Verse 6
treating your railroad right
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Well, the girl I love and the one
I crave to see
Woman I love, one I crave to see
Woman I love and the one I crave to see
Well, she's livin' in Memphis
Verse 7
and the fool won't write to me
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I said, little woman,
what have I said and done?
Easy mama, what I've said and done?
Easy mama, what have I said
and done?
You're treatin' me like my
trouble have just begun
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