| Hey hey-hey-hey-hey, hey hey hey hey hey
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| Hey hey-hey-hey-hey, hey hey hey hey…
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| And every cow and calf, I believe was born to die
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| I’m a-milk my heifer, milk her in a churn
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| I’ll milk my heifer, I’ll milk her in a churn
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| If you see my
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| Rider, tell her it ain’t a darn thing doin'
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| I wringed my hands, baby, and I wanted to scream
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| I wringed my hands, honey, and I wanted to scream
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| And when I woke up I thought it was all a dream
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| Hey hey-hey-hey-hey, hey hey hey hey
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| Hey hey-hey-hey-hey, hey hey hey hey…
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| And every cow and calf, I believe was born to die
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| Hey hey-hey, I ain’t gonna be here long
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| Hey hey-hey, pretty mama, I ain’t gonna be here long
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| That’s the reason why you hear me singin' my old lonesome song
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| Hey, hey-hey-hey-hey-hey, hey hey hey hey
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| Hey hey-hey-hey-hey, hey hey hey hey hey
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| And every cow’s calf, honey, got to be dyin'
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| I walked the levee from end to end
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| I walked the levee, honey, from end to end
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| I was just tryin' to find, my calf, again
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| I’m feelin' back to my used-to…
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| I feel a notion, back to my used-to-be
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| I have a pretty mama, she don’t care for me |