| You go to Banglin', tell my boys
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| You go to Banglin', tell my boys
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| What times I’m havin' up in Illinois
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| In Illinois, up in Illinois
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| When I gin2 my little cotton I’m going to sell my seed
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| When I gin my little cotton and sell my seed
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| I’m gonna give my baby, everything she need
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| Everything she need, ev’rything she need
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| I’m gonna give my baby everything she need
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| You know, I been in Texas and I been in Arkansas
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| I been in Texas and I been in Arkansas
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| But I never had a good time till I got to Illinois
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| Up in Illinois, up in Illinois
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| The people will treat you just so-so so'3
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| You’ll never go back to old Banglin' no more
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| Never no more, never no more
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| I been to Chicago and I been to Detroit
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| I been to Chicago and I been to Detroit
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| But I never had a good time till I got up in Illinois
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| In Illinois, up in Illinois
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| When you go down in Banglin', will you tell my boys
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| When you go down in Banglin', tell my boys
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| What a good time’s a-waitin' up in Illinois
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| Up in Illinois, up in Illinois |