Billy Strings – Little Blossom (Guitar)

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Oh, dear, I'm so tired and so lonesome

                        C
I wonder why Mama don't come

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She told me to close my pretty blue eyes

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And when I awoke, she'll be home

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I guess I'll go out and find Papa

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He must've stopped in at the store

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That great long room filled with bottles

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I wish he would go there no more

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Sometimes he's so sick when he comes home

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He staggers and falls on the stairs

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And once when he came in the parlor

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He kicked at my poor little chair

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But I love him, I guess I'll go find him

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I know he will gladly come home

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And then it won't be so lonesome

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Waiting for Mama to come

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"Oh, Daddy," she cried when she reached him

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Her voice ringing out sweet and clear

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I knew if I come, I would find you

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And now I am glad I am here

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For a moment, the red eyes gazed wildly

                         C
Into that face sweet and fair

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And just as a demon possessed him

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He grabbed for the back of a chair

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In a moment, the whole thing was over

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The work of his deed was complete

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And poor little innocent Blossom

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Lay quivering and crushed at his feet

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He clasped a bright arm to his bosom

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And fondled her sweet curly hair

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For a moment, the baby's lips trembled

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And then little Blossom was dead