Gypsies, tramps and thieves
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1. I was born in the wagon of a travelling show,
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my mama
used to dance for the money they'd throw.
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Papa'd
do whatever he could - - -
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preach
a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Dr. Good.
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Gypsies, tramps and thieves,
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we'd hear it from the people of
the town, they'd call us,
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gypsies, tramps and thieves,
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but
every night all the men would come around.
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and lay their money down.
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2. Picked up a boy this side of Mobile,
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gave
him a ride, fed him with a hot meal.
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I was 16,
he was twenty-one, rode with us to Memphis
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and
Papa would have shot him if he knew what he'd done.
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Never had schoolin'
but he taught me well,
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with
his smooth Southern style.
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Three months later I'm a gal
in trouble,
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and I
haven't seen him for a whi.....le,
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I haven't seen him for a whi.....le.
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3. She was born in the wagon of a traveling
show
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my
mama had to dance for the money they'd throw,
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Grandpa'd
do whatever he could,
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preach
a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Dr. Good.
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Gypsies, tramps and thieves,
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we'd hear it from the people of
the town, they'd call us,
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gypsies, tramps and thieves,
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but
every night all the men would come around.
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and lay their money down.
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