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Artist: Harry Belafonte
Canonical path: /harry-belafonte/boy
Related lyric paths: 6
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Boy
Read Boy lyrics by Harry Belafonte on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Boy
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Who's gonna soothe you when I'm gone
Who's gonna soothe you when I'm gone
Who will kindle the fire, wrap your sackcloth tight
Oh boy, oh boy you sure is a lusty one
Oh boy, oh boy you sure is your daddy's son
Well you've got a pair of lungs for such a tiny one
Sound of your voice wakes the morning sun
And I tell you boy I ain't gonna run
Ain't no big man boss gonna take my son
Oh boy oh boy sure is a lusty one
Oh boy oh boy sure is your daddy's son
Now I hear about that underground rail
They travel in the night and they ain't fail
I'll take you to a land
Where you can lift your head
If they make my child a slave
It's because your daddy's dead
Oh boy oh boy oh boy
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Harry Belafonte performs "Boy", and this lyric page sits inside the Harry Belafonte catalog on LyroVerse.
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