| Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low;
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| Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
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| You got no nerve baby, to turn Uncle John from your door.
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| I woke up this morning, I had them Statesboro Blues,
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| I woke up this morning, had them Statesboro Blues.
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| Well, I looked over in the corner, and Grandpa seemed to have them too.
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| Well my momma died and left me,
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| My poppa died and left me,
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| I ain’t good looking baby,
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| Want someone sweet and kind.
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| I’m goin' to the country, baby do you wanna go?
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| But if you can’t make it baby, your sister Lucille said she wanna go.
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| (and I sure will take her).
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| I love that woman, better than any woman I’ve ever seen;
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| Well, I love that woman, better than any woman I’ve ever seen.
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| Well, now, she treat me like a king, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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| I treat her like a dog gone queen.
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| Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
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| Wake up momma, turn your lamp down low.
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| You got no nerve babe, to turn Uncle John from your door. |