mound bayou

by helen humes

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Crying on my pillow
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Drooping like a willow
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Feel just like a fish, that's cast up on the shore
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Waiting for the tide to take it home once more
 
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Though asleep awaken
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My poor heart keeps aching
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When you see me walking, with my head way down
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It's because I miss my Mississippi Town
 
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Mound Bayou
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Got to cover ground for
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Mound Bayou
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That's the town I'm bound for
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Wish my arms were long enough here's what I do
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I'd reach and wrap them gently around my
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Mound Bayou