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(Song for a Deserted Woman)
Ma old time daddy / Came back home last night.
His face was pale an'
His eyes didn't look just right.
He says to me I'm / Comin' home to you / So sick an' lonsome / I don't know what to do.
O, men treats women / Just like a pair o' shoes.
I say treats women / Like a pair o' shoes -- , / They kicks 'em round an'
Does 'em like they choose.
I looked at ma daddy --
Lawd! an' I wanted to cry.
He looked so thin.
Lawd! that I wanted to cry.
But de devil told me / Damn a lover / Comes home to die!