| Yonder comes a train, a Frisco train
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| Comin' down the railroad track
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| I’m a-goin' away, a-leavin' today
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| It ain’t gonna bring me back
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| I’m a-leavin' you, good mama
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| An' I ain’t never comin' back
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| (yodelahee)
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| I’m a-leavin' town, my baby turned me down
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| Goin' back to New Orleans
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| I’m lookin' for a gal, a brand new gal
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| I ain’t never seen
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| I’m a-lookin' for me a mama
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| Lord, I ain’t never seen
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| (yodelahee)
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| If love was liquor, and I could drink
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| I’d be drunk all the time
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| I’d go back to town, in Birmingham
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| With a loving mama go mine
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| I’d go back to Birmingham
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| With a loving gal go mine
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| (yodelahee)
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| If you got a good gal, a good ol' gal
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| You sure better keep her at home
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| Casuse a red-headed mama
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| Yes, Sir, boy
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| I can’t leave her alone
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| Yes, a red-headed mama
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| I sure can’t leave her alone
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| (yodelahee) |