| Once I was a happy boy free as I could be
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| I up and left my home to see what I could see
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| I met up with a little gal and she turned loose on me
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| Mama come get your baby boy
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| Mama, mama, mama come get your baby boy
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| If I don’t get back home to roost
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| You know this gal done cooked my goose
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| Mama come get your baby boy
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| I always thought I’d like to try to take a little fling
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| Now I’m scared half to death to think what it might bring
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| She’ll string me like a puppet, she’ll play me like a toy
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| Mama come get your baby boy
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| Mama, oh mama, mama come get your baby boy
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| If I don’t get back home to roost
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| You know this gal done cooked my goose
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| Mama come get your baby boy
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| If I ever get back home I promise this to you
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| I will stay away from women I know what they will do
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| They will treat you very nice then leave very blue
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| Mama come get your baby boy
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| Mama, oh mama, mama come get your baby boy
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| If I don’t get back home to roost
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| You know this gal done cooked my goose
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| Mama come get your baby boy |