(Ellas McDaniel) 1956
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I walk 47 miles of barbed wire,
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I use a cobra-snake for a necktie,
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I got a brand new house on the roadside,
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Made from rattlesnake hide,
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I got a brand new chimney made on top,
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Made out of a human skull,
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Now come on take a walk with me, Arlene,
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And tell me, who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Tombstone hand and a graveyard mine,
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Just 22 and I don't mind dying.
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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I rode around the town, use a rattlesnake whip,
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Take it easy Arlene, don't give me no lip,
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Night was dark, but the sky was blue,
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Down the alley, the ice-wagon flew,
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Heard a bump, and somebody screamed,
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You should have heard just what I seen.
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Arlene took me by my hand,
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And she said ooowee Bo, you know I understand.
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love?
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Who do you love (E. McDaniel)
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