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Well, well, well, ah |
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A motherless children have a hard time |
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Motherless children have a hard time, mother's dead |
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They'll not have anywhere to go, wanderin' around from door to door |
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Have a hard time |
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Nobody on earth can take a mother's place when, when mother is dead, |
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LordNobody on earth takes mother's place when, mother's dead |
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Nobody on earth takes mother's place, when you were startin', paved the way |
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Nobody treats you like mother will when |
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Your wife or husband may be good to you, when mother is dead, |
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LordThey'll be good to you, mother's dead |
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A wife or a husband may be good to you, but, better than nothing has proved untrue |
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Nobody treats you like mother will when, when mother is dead, |
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Lord Lord, |
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Lord, Lord |
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Yeah, well, ah |
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Well, some people say that sister will do, when mother is dead |
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That sister will do when mother's dead |
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Some people say that sister will do, but, as soon as she's married, she turn her back on you |
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Nobody treats you like mother will |
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And father will do the best he can, when mother is dead, |
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LordWell, the best he can when mother is dead |
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Father will do the best he can, so many things a father can't understand |
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Nobody treats you like mother will |
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A motherless children have a hard time, when mother is dead, |
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LordMotherless children have a hard time, mother's dead |
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They'll not have anywhere to go, |
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Wanderin' around from door to door |
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Have a hard time |