My papa was a hobo when they delivered me
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We didn't have a doctor cause he couldn't pay the fee
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But when the goin' got too bad to ease his misery
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Now papa played the dobro this way and he'd go
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[ dobro ]
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When company would come around he kept the dobro hid
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He knew he couldn't play the way the other players did
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But the guitar's resonator was a gallon bucket lid
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But papa played the dobro this way and he'd go
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[ dobro ]
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Well now that papa's gone away it's hanging by the flue
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The top of it is busted and the strings are rusty too
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It will never sound the way it did when it was new
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When papa played the dobro this way and he'd go
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[ dobro ]
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And he'd go pam pam
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When Papa Played The Dobro
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| Flatt and Scruggs |
