Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms

Lester Flatt

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R:Roll in my sweet baby's arms
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  roll in my sweet baby's arms
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  lay 'round the shack till the mail train comes back
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  and roll in my sweet baby's arms.
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1.I ain't gonna work on the railroad
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  ain't gonna work on the farm
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  lay 'round the shack till the mail train comes back
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  and roll in my sweet baby's arms.
R:2. Now where were you last Friday night
  while I was lyin' in jail
  walkin' the street with another man
  wouldn't even go my bail.
R:3. I know your parents don't like me
  they drove me away from your door
  if I had my life to live over
  I'd never go there anymore.