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I was born in |
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Chicago 19 and 51 |
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I was born in |
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Chicago 19 and 51 |
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Yeah, my poppa told me |
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Son you had better get it done |
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My first friend went down |
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When he was seventeen years of age |
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Yeah, my first friend went down |
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When he was seventeen years of age |
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I've got one thing to say about that boy |
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He died brave |
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Now my second friend went down |
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When he was twenty-one years old |
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Yeah, my second friend went down |
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When he was twenty-one years old |
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I've got one thing to say about that boy |
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He died bold |
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Now the blues are alright |
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If there's someone left to play the game |
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Yeah, the blues are alright |
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If there's someone left to play the game |
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All my friends are gone |
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It just don't seem the same |
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Things aren't the same, baby |