| Way down in Columbus, Georgia
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| I wished i was back in Tennessee
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| Way down in Columbus Stockade
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| Friends all turned their backs on me
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| Go and leave me if you wish to
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| Never let me cross your mind
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| If in your heart you love another
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| Leave your darling, I don’t mind
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| Last night as I lay sleeping
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| I was dreaming you were in my arms
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| When I awoke I saw I was mistaken
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| I was peering through the bars
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| Go and leave me if you wish to
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| Never let me cross your mind
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| If in your heart you love another
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| Leave your darling, I don’t mind
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| A ya zain a ya zain
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| A ya zain el 'agibeen
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| Ya ward ya ward
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| Imfatah bain il basateen
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| A ya zain a ya zain
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| A ya zain el 'agibeen
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| Ya ward ya ward
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| Imfatah bain il basateen
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| Many night with you I’ve rambled
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| Many an hour with you I’ve spent
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| And I thought I had your heart forever
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| And now I find it’s only lent
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| Go and leave me if you wish to
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| Never let me cross your mind
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| If in your heart you love another
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| Leave your darling, I don’t mind
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| Go and leave me if you wish to
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| Never let me cross your mind
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| If in your heart you love another
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| Leave your darling, I don’t mind
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| A ya zain a ya zain
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| A ya zain el 'agibeen
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| Ya ward ya ward
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| Imfatah bain il basateen |