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Artist: Charley Patton
Canonical path: /patton-charley/it-won-t-be-long
Related lyric paths: 6
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It Won't Be Long
Read It Won't Be Long lyrics by Charley Patton on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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It Won't Be Long
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I believe sweet mama : going to do like she say
Going to cook my supper : Lord put me in her bed
You ever go to Memphis : stop by Minglewood
You Memphis women : don't mean no man no good
She's got a man on her man : got a kid on her kid
Done got so bold : Lord won't keep it hid
Ah all right : ain't going to be here long
I believe sweet mama : sure was kind to me
She's up at night : like a police on his beat
I'll tell you something : keep it to yourself
Please don't tell your husband : Lord and no one else
[She's, got] a long tall woman : tall like a cherry tree
She gets up before day : and she puts that thing on me
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Charley Patton performs "It Won't Be Long", and this lyric page sits inside the Charley Patton catalog on LyroVerse.
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