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Little cousin John when he crossed that field, Great Big Steak Billy, on that hill
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He turned around to do his best, fell right back in the hornet's nest
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Up he jump in the way he ran, couldn't catch the boy in the aeroplane
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Oh, cousin John, he had no shoes, that's why he had them runnin' blues
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Little cousin John was goin' to town, ridin' a gray horse and need no hound
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The ol' hound barked, the ol' horse jumped, the ol' cousin John, he's fell on a stone
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Oh, cousin John, he promised me, just before he die he make a will for me
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Lived so long his head got bald, well, he got out the notion of dyin' at all
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Oh, cousin John fairly well, well, I know something but I ain't gonna tell
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Well, I know something but I ain't gonna tell, I know something but I ain't gonna tell
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I know something but I ain't gonna tell, oh, cousin John
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Cousin John
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| Sonny Terry |
