| There’s a death in my family
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| And my mother died last night
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| There’s a death in my family
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| And my mother died last night
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| Don’t tell me to work now, people
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| Because paying don’t seem right
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| Now, my mother was a good woman
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| And she loved me all the days
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| Now, my mother was a good woman
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| And she loved me all the days
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| She was the best friend in my life
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| And right now, she’s passed away
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| They say try to remember
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| She has gone to a better rest
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| Oh, she was sick for so long people
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| Maybe this is best
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| But how my heart is achin
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| I could never have guessed
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| Whoa, well well well well
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| Well well well well well well
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| Whoa, well well well well
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| Well well well well well well well
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| I wanted to low her down easy
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| I wanted to ring the tollin bell |