Intro
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Verse 1
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Motherless children have a hard time
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When your mother is dead
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Motherless children have a hard time
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When your mother is dead
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They haven't got any place to go, you know they're
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Wandrin' around from door to door
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Motherless children have a hard time
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When your mother is dead
Verse 2
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Some people say that your sister will do
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When your mother is dead
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Some people say that your sister will do
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When your mother is dead
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Some people say that your sister will do
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Soon as she's married turn her back on you
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Motherless children have a hard time
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When their mother is dead
Verse 3
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Your daddy will do the best he can
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When your mother is dead
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Your daddy will do the best he can
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When your mother is dead
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You know, your daddy will do the best he can, but there's
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So many things your daddy can't understand
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Motherless children have a hard time
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When your mother is dead
Verse 4
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Your wife, your husband will be good to you
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When your mother is dead
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Your wife, your husband will be good to you
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When your mother is dead
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Your wife, your husband will be good to you, but
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Nobody loves you like your mother do
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Motherless children have a hard time
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When your mother is dead
Verse 5
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Well, a-dig my grave with a bloody spade
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When I'm dead
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Well, dig my grave with a bloody spade
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When I'm dead
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Well, dig my grave with a bloody spade
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Please make sure that the digger gets paid
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Motherless children have a hard time
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When your mother is dead
Verse 6
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Well, Jesus will be a mother to you
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When your mother is dead
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Well, Jesus will be a mother to you
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When your mother is dead
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Well, Jesus will be a mother to you
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Through trial and tribulations, well, he see you through
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Motherless children have a hard time
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When your mother is dead
