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Met a pretty little girl walkin' down the avenue
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I met a pretty little girl walkin' down the avenue
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I said: "Hello, honey, can I, Sonny Terry, go home with you?"
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She said: "Yes, Sonny, we'll rock the house tonight"
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She said: "Yes, Sonny, we'll rock the house tonight
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You gotta give me pretty lovin' everything will be alright"
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Hooray, hooray, these women is killin' me
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Hooray, hooray, these women is killin' me
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If you don't believe me just stop right here and see
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Well, we sung after midnight and rocked 'till the break of dawn
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Well, we sung after midnight, rocked 'till the break of dawn
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Honey, you can't get cold 'cause old Sonny gonna keep you warm
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A-hooray, hooray, these women is killin' me
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A-hooray, hooray, these women is killin' me
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If you don't believe me just stop right here and see
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Well, you know people we had done danced all night 'till about
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5 o'clock in the morning, you know we done rocked all night
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Good God almighty about it, got 5 o'clock the girl I know that
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she gettin' a little tired, I think this is what I told her
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"Honey, it's 5 o'clock now what you wanna do?"
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"Honey, it's 5 o'clock now what you wanna do?"
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This what she said, she said: "I don't care if it aches, Sonny, I leave it up to you"
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It made me feel good, an' this what I told that woman:
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"I'm gonna lock this door, I'm gonna throw this key away"
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"I'm gonna lock this door, I'm gonna throw this key away,
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well, I ain't goin' home I stay right here all day"
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Pretty Little Girl
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| Sonny Terry |
