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Artist: Nina Simone
Canonical path: /nina-simone/be-my-husband
Related lyric paths: 6
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Be My Husband
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Be My Husband
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Be my husband, man, I be your wife
Be my husband, man, I be your wife
Be my husband, man, I be your wife
Loving all of you the rest of your life yeah
If you promise me you'll be my man
If you promise me you'll be my man
If you promise me you'll be my man
I will love you the best I can, yeah
Stick the promise man you made me
Stick the promise man that you made me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Stick the promise man you made me
That you stay away from Rosalie, yeah
Oh, daddy, love me good
Oh, daddy, now love me good
Oh, daddy, love me good
Oh, daddy, now love me good
If you want me to cook and sew
If you want me to cook and sew
If you want me to cook and sew, yeah
Outside of you there is no place to go
Please, don't treat me so doggone mean
Please, don't treat me so doggone mean
Please, don't treat me so now doggone mean yeah
You're the meanest man I ever see
Oh, daddy, now love me good
Oh, daddy, love me good yeah
Oh, daddy, love me good yeah
Oh, daddy, now love me good
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