From the album 'Trouble in Mind' (originally on 'Ballads from Deep Gap')
[Introduction]
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[Verse 1]
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Pretty mama's gone, she went away from me
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Lord I think she's gone to sunny Tennessee
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Oh Lord that woman she's gonna be the death of me
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Oooh hooo yayee heee she'll be the death of me
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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When my baby went she left me in the rain
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Talk about your trouble, talk about your pain
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Had to listen to the whistle on that lonesome train
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Yeee heee yayee heee Lord on that lonesome train
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Well the lightning flashed and the thunder it did roll
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The lightning flashed and the thunder it did roll
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Just like this trouble that's rollin' through my soul
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Yeee heee yayee heee have mercy on my soul
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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There comes a time when a gambler's luck is gone
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And when it comes he better leave them dice alone
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Some dirty rounder took my woman and my money and gone
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Yeee heee yayee heee he took my woman and gone