SUSIE LEE DONE FELL IN LOVE,
SHE PLANNED TO MARRY JOE;
SHE WAS SO HAPPY ‘BOUT IT ALL
SHE TOLD HER PAPPY SO.
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PAPPY TOLD HER, SUSIE GAL,
YOU’LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER.
I’D JUST AS SOON YO’ MA DON’T KNOW,
BUT JOE IS YO’ HALF BROTHER.
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SO SUSIE PUT ASIDE HER JOE
AND PLANNED TO MARRY WILL;
BUT AFTER TELLING PAPPY THIS,
HE SAID, “THERE’S TROUBLE STILL,
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YOU CAN’T MARRY WILL, MY GAL,
AND PLEASE DON’T TELL YOU’ MOTHER,
BUT WILL AND JOE, AND SEVERAL MO’
I KNOW IS YO’ HALF BROTHER.”
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BUT MAMA KNEW AND SAID, “MY CHILD,
JUST DO WHAT MAKES YO’ HAPPY,
MARRY WILL OR MARRY JOE -
YOU AIN’T NO KIN TO PAPPY.”
AND PLEASE DON’T TELL YOU’ MOTHER,
BUT WILL AND JOE, AND SEVERAL MO’
I KNOW IS YO’ HALF BROTHER.”
JUST DO WHAT MAKES YO’ HAPPY,
MARRY WILL OR MARRY JOE -
YOU AIN’T NO KIN TO PAPPY.”
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