SHORTY GEORGE



Well-a, Shorty George, he ain't no friend of mine,

Well-a, Shorty Geor@e, he ain't no friend of mine,

He's taken all the women and left the men behind.



Well, my papa died when I was just a lad

My papa died when I was just a lad,

And ever since that day, I been to the bad.



Got a letter from my baby, couldn't read from crying, (2x)

She said my mama weren't dead yet but she was slowly dying.



Well,I took my mama to the burying ground, (2x)

I never knowed I loved her till the coffin sound.



Yes, I went down to the graveyard, peeped in my mama's face, (2x)

Ain't it hard to see you in this lonesome place ?"



Note: Shorty George was the train that brought visitors to

-and from- the state penitentiary.

@chaingang @jail @blues

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