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Poor Slave

So darn poor Even the slaves took pity And the devil stole my moonshine Swing me down to the river Blue monday mothers child The world left behind turned it's back on Cotton picking corn husk fingers Brother of the necklace rope Swinging from the Joshua tree Tennessee , Mississippi , Louisville Sweet home Alabama In Birmingham they sure do love the governors

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