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Artist: Memphis Minnie
Canonical path: /memphis-minnie/it-s-hard-to-be-mistreated
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It's Hard to be Mistreated
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It's Hard to be Mistreated
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Well, it's hard to me mistreated when you ain't done nothing wrong
Well, it's hard to me mistreated when you ain't done nothing wrong
And you caught your lover-man when you can't keep him at home
Now I'm going to get myself a single man and leave these merried mens alone
I'm going to get myself a single man and leave these merried mens alone
They ain't nothing but a wad of trouble when thay laying up in your arms
I need someone to love me, but someone to call my own
I need someone to love me, but someone to call my own
I'm tired of loving these merried men, can say I know their wives got them and gone
Well, I'm getting so tired staying home all by myself
I'm getting so tired staying home all by myself
And every men I fall in love with, he loving someone else
But I tried to be nice, tried to be nice and kind
I tried to be nice, tried to be nice and kind
But every man I love don't seem like he want to pay me no mind
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