Dolly Parton – Old Black Kettle (Guitar)

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Well, I remember when I was just little

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Mama used to cook in an old black kettle 

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On an old wood stove she'd had since she was wed 

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Well, the oven door was sprung a little bit 

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So we propped it up with a fork and stick

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But that didn't matter 'cause Mama kept us fed 

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My mama and daddy must have loved each other

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'Cause I had 11 sisters and brothers 

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And the girls worked just as hard as the boys did 

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There was corn to hoe then we'd go hoe it

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We might have been poor but we didn't know it 

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We'd heard that word but we didn't know what it meant 

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Oh, we used to have such a good life

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And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known

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And oh, didn't we have such a good time

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And it's sad to think the old black kettle's gone

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Well, there was nothing that pleased us any better

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Than when we got an occasional letter 

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From kinfolks living up north in some big town 

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We'd think of all the games we'd play

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And we just couldn't hardly wait 

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When our city cousins said they's a-coming down

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Now Mama's done away with the old black kettle

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She used to cook in when I was just little

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And the door ain't sprung on her electric range 

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That little farm and home we had

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It ain't there no more and that's too bad 

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Folks are doin' away with the simple things 

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Oh, we used to have such a good life

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And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known 

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And oh, didn't we have such a good time 

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And it's sad to think the old black kettle's gone 

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Now I just mean to say the simple things are gone

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The old black kettle's gone