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Artist: Charley Patton
Canonical path: /patton-charley/poor-me
Related lyric paths: 6
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Poor Me
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Poor Me
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Yes on me, it's poor me, you must take pity on poor me
I ain't got nobody, take pity on poor me
You may go, you may stay
But she'll come back some sweet day
By and by, sweet mama, by and by
Don't the Moon look pretty shinin' down through the tree?
Oh, I can see Bertha Lee
Lord, but she can't see me
You may go, you may stay
But she'll come back some sweet day
By and by, sweet mama
Baby won't you, by and by
You may go, you may stay
But she'll come back some sweet day
By and by, sweet mama, by and by
Yes on me, it's poor me
You must have pity on poor me
I ain't got nobody
Take pity on poor me
Don't the Moon look pretty shinin' down through the tree?
Oh, I can see Bertha Lee
But she can't see me
You may go, you may stay
But she'll come back some sweet day
By and by, sweet mama
Oh baby, won't you, by and by
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Charley Patton performs "Poor Me", and this lyric page sits inside the Charley Patton catalog on LyroVerse.
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