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Oh, Roberta tell me how long, how long
Oh, Roberta tell me how long, how long Are you gonna keep me down here, baby Singing this same ol' song I'm down on the river Sitting down on the ground I'm down on the river Sitting down on the ground I'm gonna stay right here Until that steamboat come down Way up the river Just as far as I can see Way up the river Just as far as I can see I thought I spied my old time used to be She's a brown-skinned woman And she got long, black wavy hair She's a brown-skinned woman And she got long, black wavy hair That woman looks so good, baby She can lead me most anywhere I'm going to the station, talk to that chief of police (what you gonna tell him?) I'm going to the station, talk to that chief of police Tell him that Roberta done quit me I can't see no peace Oh, Roberta, don't you hear me callin' you? Oh, Roberta, you hear me callin' you? I got just one more thing, baby I want you to do |
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Oh, Roberta tell me how long, how long
Oh, Roberta tell me how long, how long Are you gonna keep me down here, baby Singing this same ol' song I'm down on the river Sitting down on the ground I'm down on the river Sitting down on the ground I'm gonna stay right here Until that steamboat come down Way up the river Just as far as I can see Way up the river Just as far as I can see I thought I spied my old time used to be She's a brown-skinned woman And she got long, black wavy hair She's a brown-skinned woman And she got long, black wavy hair That woman looks so good, baby She can lead me most anywhere I'm going to the station, talk to that chief of police (what you gonna tell him?) I'm going to the station, talk to that chief of police Tell him that Roberta done quit me I can't see no peace Oh, Roberta, don't you hear me callin' you? Oh, Roberta, you hear me callin' you? I got just one more thing, baby I want you to do |
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| 2:57 |
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| 3:10 |
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| 3:06 |
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Alberta, Alberta,
Where you been so long? Alberta, Alberta, Where you been so long? Ain't had no loving Since you've been gone. Alberta, Alberta, Where'd you stay last night? Alberta, Alberta Where'd you stay last night? Come home this morning, Clothes don't fit you right Alberta, Alberta, Girl, you're on my mind. Alberta, Alberta, Girl, you're on my mind. Ain't had no loving Such a great long time. Alberta, Alberta, Where you been so long? Alberta, Alberta, Where you been so long? Ain't had no loving Since you've been gone. |
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| 2:51 |
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| 2:59 |
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| 2:59 |
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| 2:48 |
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| 3:00 |
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| 3:04 |
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| 3:03 |
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| 15. |
| 3:02 |
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Now, this man had a wife
And she thought she hasn't gotten Ev' dollar that he had But she was mistakin! He had lots of money when he married her But he's sittin' with his head hung down She walk by an says 'Daddy' says, 'What's the matter with you?' And here what he told his wife He said, 'Down here wonderin' Would a matchbox hold my clothes? He said, 'Down you're wonderin' Would a matchbox hold my clothes? He said, 'Down here wonderin' Would a matchbox hold my clothes? She says, 'Daddy, don't be worried like that!' An he walk back tell her again Y'all, what he tol' that gal 'I don't wanna be bother No big trunk on my do' I don't wanna be by No big trunk on my do' Don't wanna be by no Big trunk on my do' He sit down and 'gin to think He said, 'I'm goin' out to my friend's house An' see what would he do When his wife packin' up her trunk? He goes to his friends Ya'll, here what he said 'Now, what would you do Baby packin' up her trunk?' 'What would you do When yo' baby packin' up her trunk?' 'What would you do When your gal's packin' up her trunk?' Here's the best advise his friend could give 'em Get ya half a gallon whiskey An get on you a big drunk Get you a half a gallon a whiskey And get on you a big drunk Get you a half a gallon a whiskey And get on you a big drunk She goes on back, again An she looks at him 'Lord, have mercy on me Oh Lord, Lord, have mercy on me Oh Lord, Lord, have mercy on me'. |
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| 2:43 |
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Have you got you a bull cow
Feed him morning grass Have you got you a bull cow Feed him morning grass Cause when them heifers come around Enjoy, yas, yas, yas If you got you a bull cow Feed 'em and they go If you got you a bull cow Feed 'em then they go But when them heifers leave him You know he's gonna low Oh, ha, ha, ha, ha Ay, ha, ha, ha Go, ha, ha, ha, ha Ay, hay, hay, hay But you know good and well, baby Might be your heifer calf If you got you a bull cow He has a long line If you got you a bull cow Be there with a long line But one 'em heifer leave him You know they on daddy's mind Oh, bull cow, where you been so long? Ay, bull cow, where you been so long? I've been all out in the country With my big bell on. |
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