| Don’t put no headstone on my grave,
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| All my life I’ve been a slave,
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| Want the whole wide world to know,
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| That I’m the man that loved you so Mama, mama, don’t you cry,
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| I’m gonna meet you in the by and by, in the sweet by and by Tell papa I’m comin' home, comin' on home,
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| God, it can’t be very long
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| Don’t put no headstone on my grave,
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| All my life I’ve been a slave,
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| Want the whole wide world to know,
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| That I’m the stud that loved you so
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| M, m, m, m, m, m mama don’t you cry,
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| Lord, I’m gonna meet you in the by and by, in the sweet by and by Tell papa I’m coming home,
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| Oh God, it can’t be very long
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| Don’t put no headstone on my grave,
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| Whoooh! |
| All my life I’ve been a slave, motherhumpin' slave
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| And you know something? |
| I want the world to know,
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| That I’m the stud that loved that woman so Mama, mama don’t you cry, mama, don’t cry,
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| I’m gonna meet you in the by and by, in the sweet by and by Tell papa, I’m coming home, Oh Lord,
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| You know, it can’t be very long
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| (One more time now)
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| Don’t put a headstone on my grave
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| All my liiiife I’ve been a slave,
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| Want the whooooole wide world to know,
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| That I’m the man,
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| That loved,
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| That loooved,
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| Don’t put no headstone on my grave,
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| All my life I’ve been a slave, whoooh!
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| I want the whole wide world to know,
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| That I’m the stud that loved you so Ma-ma-ma-ma mama, don’t you cry, whooh! |
| Don’t cry!
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| I’m-a-gonna meet you in the by and by, in the sweet by and by,
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| Tell papa I’m coming home, coming on home…
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| …And you know something ladies?
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| Oh, God, it can’t be very loooong
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| Don’t put a headstone on my grave,
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| I want a monument, this is the Killer speakin' darling, he, he AaaaaaaOooooh! |