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Betty and Dupree
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Harry Belafonte
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Dupree was a bandit; he was so brave and bol';
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He stoled a diamond ring for some of Betty's jelly roll
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Betty told Dupree, "I want a diamond ring."
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Betty told Dupree, "I want a diamond ring."
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Dupree told Betty, "I'll give you most anything."
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He said, "Lie down, little Betty, see what tomorrow brings,"
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He said, "Lie down, little Betty, see what tomorrow brings,"
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It may bring sunshine, may bring you that diamond ring.
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Michigan water taste like cherry wine,
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The reason I know: Betty drink it all the time.
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I'm going away to the end of the railroad track
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Nothing but sweet Betty can bring me back
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Then he got his pistol, went to the jewelry store,
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Then he got his pistol, went to the jewelry store,
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Killed a policeman and he wounded four or five more.
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Then he went to the post office to get the evening mail
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Then he went to the post office to get the evening mail
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Sheriff caught poor Dupree and put him in that old Atlanta jail.
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Dupree tol' the lawyer, "Clear me if you can
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For I have money to back me, sure as I'm a man
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The lawyer tol' Dupree, You are a very brave man
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But I think you will go to jail and hang"
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Dupree tol' the judge, "I am not so brave and bol'
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But all I wanted was Betty's jelly roll
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The judge tol' Dupree, "Jelly roll's gonna be your ruin
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"No, no, judge, for that is what I done quit doing"
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The judge tol' Dupree, "I believe you quit too late
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Because it is already your fate
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Dupree's mother said to Betty, "Looka' here what you done done."
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Dupree's mother said to Betty, "Looka' here what you done done."
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"Made my boy rob and steal, now he is gonna be hung"
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Betty went to the jailhouse, she could not see Dupree
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Betty went to the jailhouse, she could not see Dupree
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She told the jailer, "Tell him these words for me."
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"I come to see you, baby, I could not see your face."
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"I come to see you, baby, I could not see your face."
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"You know I love you, but I cannot take your place."
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Sail on, sail on, sail on, Dupree, sail on.
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Sail on, sail on, sail on, Dupree, sail on.
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You don't mind sailing, you'll be gone so doggone long.
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