[Intro]
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Says, I went down to the freight depot
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Lord, the trains come a-rollin' by
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And I looked out the window, and spotted there my love
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And I hung down my head and I cried
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Cryin', "Baby, don't leave me here, darlin'
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Lord, honey, don't leave me here
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Lord, darlin', don't leave me here
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And it's, babe, don't leave me here."
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But my mother and father both are dead
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My sister's in some far and distant land
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My brother's in some free sporting house
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In this World's gonna become of me?
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And it's what's gwine become of me, baby
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Lord, what's gonna become of me?
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Lord, what's gwon' become of me?
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And it's what's gon' become of me?
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My woman give me money to play coon can
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One dollar bill was all she had
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One dollar bill was all she had
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One dollar bill was all she had
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When I set down to play coon can
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I couldn't hardly play my hand
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For thinkin' 'bout the girl I loved so well
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She's gone with another man
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She's gone with another man, baby
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She's gone with another man
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She's gone with another man
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She's gone with another man
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Which-a-way do that Red River run, baby
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Lord, which-a-way do Red River run?
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Lord, which-a-way do Red River run?
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Which-a-way do the Red River run?
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There's some say it's both east and west, darlin'
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And some say it's both north and south
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Well, baby, it must-a be so
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When it runs by my baby's door