| Leadbelly and Little Booker
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| both had the pleasure of partying on the ponderosa.
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| You know what I mean?
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| You dig
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| Yea, on the ponderosa, you know,
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| down there in Angola where the got
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| boys doing from one year to ninety nine.
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| Late last Saturday night I got married right now,
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| me and my wife, we settled down.
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| Yeah
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| Now me and my wife have parted.
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| I’m gonna take gonna take a little stroll downtown.
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| You know I’m gonna say Irine good nignt now
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| Irine good night
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| Well Irine Irine, well good night good night good night
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| Irine, Irine, I’m gonna see you, gonna see you well well
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| in my dreams.
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| Stopped my gambelin' and stopped all my rambelin' now.
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| Stopped stayin out so, so late at night now now.
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| Going home to my wife and my family
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| You know I’m gonna sit, gonna sit, by the fire side right.
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| You know I’m gonna say
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| Irine good night now, Irine good night.
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| Well Irine, Irine, well, good night.
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| Good night, good night.
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| Irine good night
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| Irine good night
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| Well I’m gonna see you
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| I’m gonna see you in my dream now.
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| Sometimes I live way out in the country right now.
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| Sometimes sometimes I live in town.
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| Sometimes I get a great notion
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| a great notion
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| To jump into the river, the river
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| and just drown, drown.
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| No, jump into the river,
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| and now you know I’m gonna drown.
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| Well, drown.
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| Well, drown.
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| I’m gonna drown
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| Oh, to the river, and drown
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| Drown.
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| Well oh well now now now now
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| Don’t you let me drown
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| Don’t you let me drown
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| Hey now now now
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| People, people
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| Don’t you let me drown
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| well well well well well well now now
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| No no, I don’t wanna wanna drown
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| I don’t wanna wanna drown
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| I kinda kinda wanna drown |