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There's more pretty girls than one
More pretty girls then one
Every old town that I rambled around
And there's more pretty girls than one
Mama talked to me last night
She gave me some good advice
She said "Son, you'd better quit this old ramblin' all around
And mary you a sweet little wife"
Honey, look down that old lonesome road
Hang down your pretty head and cry
'cause I'm thinking all about them pretty little gals
And a—hopin' that I never die
There's more pretty girls than one
There's more pretty girls then one
Every old town that I rambled around
And there's more pretty girls than one
If the wife and I are fussin', brother that's our right
'Cause me and that sweet woman's got a license to fight
Why don't you mind your own business (Mind your own business)
'Cause if you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine.
Oh, the woman on our party line's the nosiest thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring
Why don't you mind your own business (Mind your own business)
Well, if you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine.
I got a little gal that wears her hair up high,
the boys all whistle when she walks by.
Why don't you mind your own business (Mind your own business)
Well, if you mind your own business, you sure won't be minding mine.
If I want to honky tonk around 'til two or three
Now, brother that's my headache, don't you worry 'bout me.
Just mind your own business (Mind your own business)
If you mind your business, then you won't be mindin' mine.
Mindin' other people's business seems to be high—toned
I got all that I can do just to mind my own
Why don't you mind your own business (Mind your own business)
If you mind your own business, you'll stay busy all the time.
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene and they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me.
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She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me.
The judge said "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word although it meant my life
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
The scaffold was high and eternity neared
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries over my bones.
(Drunkard's Hiccups)
I've played cards in England, I've gambled in Spain
Goin back to Carolina (Rhode Island), gonna play my last game
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Jack of diamonds, jack of diamonds, I've known you from old
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold
Gonna eat when I'm hungry, gonna drink when I'm dry
Get to feelin much better, gonna sprout wings and fly
Gonna take down my fiddle, gonna rosin up the bow
Gonna make myself welcome, wherever I go
Gonna drink, gonna gamble, all my money is my own
Them that don't like me, can leave me alone
Gonna beat on the counter, gonna make the glass ring
More brandy, more brandy, more brandy to bring
If the river was whiskey, and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom, and never come up
But the river ain't whiskey, and I ain't no duck
I'll play these drunkard's hiccups, and trust to my luck
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My shoes are all tore up, my toes are stickin' out
Gonna get some corn whiskey, I'm going up the spout.
I get up in the morning, I stagger and reel.
Goddamn you corn whiskey, How badly I feel.
It's a whiskey you villain you've been my downfall
You've kicked me you've cuffed me but I loves you for all
It's a whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If I don't get rye whiskey well I think I will die
Beefsteak when I'm hungry red liquor when I'm dry
Greenbacks when I'm hard up and religion when I die
I'll a go to yonder holler and I'll build me a still
I'll give you a gallon for a five dollar bill
Rye whiskey rye whiskey rye whiskey I cry
If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die
Little girl you stand out in the crowd
You're laughing and talking much too loud
But I see a little tear peaking through
It takes one to know one and I know you
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It takes one to know one and I know you
The little tear through your smiles I see through
You've been hurt and you're frightened you're so blue
It takes one to know one and I know you
Little girl please take hold of my hand
Just go right on and cry I'll understand
Pay no mind if I start crying too
It takes one to know one and I know you
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Is it too late now to tell you that I love you
Or is there still a chance for me somehow
Oh they tell me now that you have found another
Darlin' please don't say it's too late now
I know this heart of mine could never stand it
If I should have to give you up somehow
Oh won't you say you'll give me one more chance dear
Darlin' please don't say it's too late now
Now I confess I know I've done you wrong, dear
Oh can't you see my point of view somehow
All I ask of you is one more chance dear
Darlin' please don't say it's too late now
I'm walking the dog and I'm never blue
I'm walking the dog I ain't thinking bout you
I don't need no one to tie me down
I'm walking the dog and I'm painting the town.
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Such an easy life I never knew
Until the day that I left you
Well I'm a carefree lad that seen the light
I'm walking the dog all the day and all night
Well I'm full of pep I just can't grow old
I got a one track mind so I've been told
But I'm fancy free I don't worry no how
And I'm walking the dog all the law will allow
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Such an easy life I never knew
I can't believe it's really true…
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I'm troubled I'm troubled, I'm troubled in mind
If trouble don't kill me, I'll live a long time
Now courting is pleasure, and parting is grief
And a false—hearted lover, is worse than a thief
A thief can but rob you, and take what you've saved
But a false—hearted lover'll, take you to your grave
The grave will decay you, and turn you to dust
Not one girl in a million, that a poor boy can trust
They'll hug you, and kiss you, and tell you more lies
Than cross ties on a railroad, or stars in the sky
I'm going to Georgia, I'm going to roam
I'm going to Georgia, gonna make it my home
Gonna build me a cabin, on the mountain so high
So the wild birds and the, turtle doves can't hear my sad cry
