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Lilly Pearl standin' by the woodstove |
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Cookin' up a pot of fatback and beans |
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Aprons made outta Martha White flour sack |
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Them was the days when Lilly was queen |
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There's gonna be a family reunion |
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Down around Little River Park |
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Lilly got a brand new baby they say |
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Jesse Brown had to up and run away |
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It might as well rain 'cause nobody came |
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Jesse left so fast the baby got no name |
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Lilly Pearl, what'cha gonna name your baby? |
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Lilly Pearl, what'cha gonna name your child? |
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Lilly Pearl, they say he run away and left you crazy |
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But ooh ooh your man had a pretty smile |
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Lilly Pearl told most folks |
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She could raise her baby fine without a man |
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But she cried at the table to her kin folk |
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Her people cried with her, but did they understand? |
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Lilly Pearl still standin' by the woodstove |
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Talkin' to a pot of fatback and beans |
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Twenty years later, still cookin' a spread |
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But there's no reunion 'cause the family's mostly dead |
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They took her baby at the age of 13 |
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Left her livin' in the days when Lilly was queen |
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Lilly Pearl, did you ever name your baby? |
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Lilly Pearl, do you ever miss your child? |
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Lilly Pearl, his daddy run away and left you crazy |
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But ooh ooh your man had a pretty smile |
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Lilly Pearl, you never gonna know your baby? |
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Lilly Pearl, they never let you see your child? |
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Lilly Pearl, they say he run away and left you crazy |
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But ooh ooh your man had a pretty smile |