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GSong, Dsong of the South,
CSweet potato pie and I shut my mouth.
GGone, Dgone with the wind,
CAin't nobody lookin' back again.
Verse 1
GCotton on the roadside, Dcotton in the ditch,
we Call picked cotton but we never got rich.
GDaddy was a veteran, a Dsouthern democrat,
Cthey oughta get a rich man to vote like that...... singin'
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GWell, somebody told us Dthat Wall Street fell,
but Cwe were so poor that we couldn't tell.
GCotton was short and the Dweeds were tall,
but Mr. CRoosevelt was gonna save us all.
Verse 3
Well, Gmomma got sick and Ddaddy got down,
the Ccounty got the farm and we moved to town.
GPapa got a job with the DTVA,
he bought a Cwashing machine and then a Chevrolet.
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GSong, Dsong of the South,
CSweet potato pie and shut my mouth.
GGone, Dgone with the wind,
CAin't nobody lookin' back again.