Poppa’s blues
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1. Oh, the first line of the blues is always sung a second time,
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I said, the first line of the
blues is always sung a second time,
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So by the time you get to the
third line
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you've
had time to think up a rhyme.
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2. Oh, there ain't no law that says the third line has to be different at all,
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I said, there ain't no law that says the third line gonna
be different at all.
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No, there ain't
no law that says
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the
third line gonna be different at all. Yeah !
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3. Never borrow a mouth organ, not even from your best friend,
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I said, no,
never borrow no mouth organ, not even from your best friend.
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'Cos you may survive the
blowing,
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but
the sucking's gonna get you
in the end. Oh, yeah !
(Webber / Stilgoe)