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Tell me how long had it been since you've been home
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Tell me how long had it been since you've been home
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You knew you could leave, you could be gone too long, too long from home
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You know my mama's got a rockin' chair sittin' by the window,
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rocks in the evenin' 'fore the sun go down
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Yes, poor old mama's got a rockin' chair sittin' by the window,
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rocks in the evenin' 'fore the sun go down
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She'll be thinkin' 'bout her poor childrens, wonderin' why they won't come around
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Oh, ooooh, yes
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Mama don't worry, please mama don't worry, mama don't worry, just pray for me
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I'm gonna try to make lot of happy
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I'm on pray with you, please my mama pray for me
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Mama she's still rockin', in that old rockin' chair
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Yes, she's still rockin', in that old rockin' chair
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She's thinkin' 'bout her childrens, wonderin' why aren't they over here
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My sister got worry, she began to pray
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Oh, yeah, mama know I've been away many day
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Oh, mama got worry, these the word my mama said
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Come on home children, my shack fallin' down
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Come on home, my shack fallin' down
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You know to send for my poor mama's cover so high
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Ain't none of her childrens around, but I'm hurryin', I'm goin' home
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First Meeting
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Sonny Terry |