[Jake:]
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(To Clara)
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What, that chile ain't asleep yet? Give him to me.
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I'll fix him for you.
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(Jake takes the baby from Clara)
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Lissen to yo' daddy warn you,
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'Fore you start a-travelling,
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Woman may born you, love you and mourn you,
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But a woman is a sometime thing,
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Yes, a woman is a sometime thing.
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[Mingo:]
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Oh, a woman is a sometime thing.
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[Jake:]
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Yo' mammy is the first to name you,
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Then she'll tie you to her apron string,
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Then she'll shame you and she'll blame you
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Till yo' woman comes to claim you,
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'Cause a woman is a sometime thing,
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Yes, a woman is a sometime thing.
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[Sporting Life:]
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Oh, a woman is a sometime thing.
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[Jake:]
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Don't you never let a woman grieve you
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Jus' cause she got yo' weddin' ring.
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She'll love you and deceive you,
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Take yo' clothes and leave you
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'Cause a woman is a sometime thing.
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[All:]
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Yes, a woman is a sometime thing.
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Yes, a woman is a sometime thing,
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Yes, a woman is a sometime thing.
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[Jake:]
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There now, what I tells you; he's asleep already.
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(Baby wails)
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(Men at crap game laugh).
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A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
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Ella Fitzgerald |