| Jackson on a high hill, mama, Natchez just below
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| Jackson on a high hill, mama, Natchez just below
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| --- (So did the Lord dear mama) ---
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| I ever get back home I won’t be back no more
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| Oh, my mama get old, her head is turnin' gray
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| My mama’s getting old, head is turnin' gray
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| Don’t you know it’ll break her heart know my livin' this-a way
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| Ever woke up in the mornin', jinx all around your bed
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| Ever woke up in the mornin', jinx all around your bed
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| --- (Children, I know how it is, baby) ---
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| Turned my face to the wall and I didn’t have a word to say
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| No use a-hollerin', no use a-screamin' and cryin'
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| No use a-hollerin', no use a-screamin' and cryin'
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| For you know you got a home, mama, long as I got mine
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| Hey, Lord have mercy on my wicked soul
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| Oh, Lord have mercy on my wicked soul
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| --- (You know I wouldn’t mistreat you) ---
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| I wouldn’t mistreat you, baby, for my weight in gold
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| Oh, go away baby, don’t you wanna go
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| I’m goin' away pretty mama, don’t you wanna go
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| --- (I know you wanna go, baby) ---
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| Take God to tell when I’ll be back here anymore |