| Oh fortune tellin' man
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| Please tell me if you can
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| Where where my papa was last night
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| He plays harp fiddle in a band uptown
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| Oh tell me can it be that he’s been fiddling around
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| Oh fortune tellin' man
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| Please tell me how I stand
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| Is my papa treating me wrong or right?
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| Last night he was as strong as a lion when he left the flat
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| Came home this morning just as weak as a cat
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| Oh fortune tellin' man
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| Please tell me if you can
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| Where my papa was last night
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| Don’t tell him where I was
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| Just tell me where he was last night
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| Oh fortune tellin' man
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| Please tell me where I stand
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| Is my papa treating me wrong or right?
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| My papa never would leave me
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| All alone and blue
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| Especially when there was a little homework to do
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| Oh fortune tellin' man
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| Please tell me if you can
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| Where my papa was last night
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| Don’t tell him where I was
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| Just tell me where he was last night |