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Artist: Aoife O'Donovan
Canonical path: /aoife-odonovan/oh-mama
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Oh, Mama
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Oh, Mama
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When I was a barmaid you were my mead
When I was a brave knight you were my steed
When I was so lonesome I wanted to cry
You came to me in the night
You cried oh mama sing me a love song
Pour me some bourbon and lay me down low
And ooh baby my poor heart is breaking I feel the ground shaking
Right under my feet just put me to sleep
When I was a sailor you were my land
Always receding nowhere to stand
And when I fell over you were the whale you picked me up on your tail
You cried oh mama sing me a love song
Pour me some bourbon and lay me down low
And ooh baby my poor heart is breaking I feel the ground shaking
Right under my feet just put me to sleep
When I was a farmer you were my rain
When I was your lover you were my pain
When all the fireflies that we trapped in jars escaped last night under the stars
You cried oh mama sing me a love song
Pour me some bourbon and lay me down low
And ooh baby my poor heart is breaking I feel the ground shaking
Right under my feet just put me to sleep
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