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Artist: Rev. Gary Davis
Canonical path: /rev-gary-davis/mean-old-world
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Mean Old World
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Mean Old World
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This is a mean world you live in 'til you die
This is a mean world you live in 'til you die
Without a father, without a mother
Without a sister and your brother
A mean world you live in 'til you die
Just one moment in glory
To satisfy my weary mind
Eating of the honey
Be drinking of the wine
Going to sit down with
With Peter, James and John
It's a mean world you live in 'til you die
This is a mean world you live in 'til you die
This is a mean world you live in 'til you die
Without your father and your mother
And your sister and your brother
It's a mean world you live in 'til you die
This is a mean world you live in 'til you die
This is a mean world you live in 'til you die
Without a father and your mother
And your sister and your brother
It's a mean world you live in
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