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Artist: Johnny Cash
Canonical path: /johnny-cash/mama-s-baby
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Mama's Baby
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Mama's Baby
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I met a girl out in a town that tore all my resistance down
I thought what a dream this oughta be
I went with her a month or two and like any boy in love will do
Asked her if she would marry me
But she was a mama's baby, mama's baby
Though she loved me like she never loved another
She was a mama's baby, mama's baby
And she said that she just couldn't leave her mother
Then i said well then probably the only thing that's left for me
Is to go and come back in a year or so
A year passed away and then i tried to win her hand again
She even packed her clothes but she wouldn't go
Cause she was a mama's baby, mama's baby
Though she loved me like she never loved another
She was a mama's baby, mama's baby
And she said that she just couldn't leave her mother
Well i hung around till finally i persuaded her to marry me
Her mother said that it would be all right
We bought ourselves a little home and i finally got her off alone
But she stays with her mother every night
Cause she was a mama's baby, mama's baby
Though she loved me like she never loved another
She was a mama's baby, mama's baby
And she said that she just couldn't leave her mother
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