Classic Poem

Ah, when I was a little boy, mama,
'bout 16 inches high
When I was a little boy, baby
'bout 16 inches high
I had a mean stepfather
lord, he didn't want me to eat a bite

I've got a mean stepfather and I
know you got a one too
I've got a mean stepfather
and I know you have one too
And my mother dead and gone
nothing in the world that she will do

Well my mother she gone
and I hope she gone to stay
Well my mother she gone
ooo lord, and I hope she gone to stay
I have a mean stepfather
he done drove me away

When I was a little boy, lord
my stepfather didn't 'low me around
When I was a little boy, mama, my
stepfather didn't 'low me around
He's a no good weed, mama
and the cows gonna mow him down

Well, poor Joe leaving this morning
my face is full of frown
Well, I'm leaving this morning
face is full of frown
I got a mean stepfather and my
dear mother, she don't 'low me 'round

That's all right
may be home some day
Oooo, lord lord, mama
may be home some day
My mean stepfather, he
won't give me no: place to stay

I am a little boy
I'm crying all night long
Oooo, lord, I'm a little boy
I cried the whole night long
My stepfather, he
swears he done done me wrong

And 'fore I'll be dogged, mama
I'll leave my happy home
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'Fore I'll be dogged, now, baby
I'll leave my happy home
He's a no good weed
swear he done me wrong