| Hmmmm, the meningitis killin' me
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| Hmmmm, the meningitis killin' me
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| I’m bending, I’m bending, baby, my head is nearly down to my knees
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| I comin' home one Saturday night, pull off my clothes and I lie down
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| I comin' home one Saturday night, pull off my clothes and I lie down
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| And next morning just about day, the meningitis began to creep around
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| My head and neck was paining me, feel like my back was break in two
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| My head and neck was paining me, feel like my back was break in two
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| Lord, I had such a mood that morning, I didn’t know what in the world to do
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| My companion take me to the doctor, «Doctor please tell me my wife’s complaint»
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| My companion take me to the doctor, «Doctor please tell me my wife’s complaint»
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| The doctor looked down on me, shook his head, «I wouldn’t mind telling you, son,
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| but I can’t»
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| «You take her 'round to the city hospital, jus' as quick, quick as you possibly
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| can
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| You take her 'round to the city hospital, jus' as quick, quick as you possibly
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| can
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| Because the condition she’s in now, you will never go home live again»
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| He rode me 'round to the city hospital, the clock was strikin' ten
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| He rode me 'round to the city hospital, the clock was strikin' ten
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| I hear my companion say, «I won’t see your smiling face again» |