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Sweet Rhode Island Red
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Ike & Tina Turner
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Born in Louisiana in a town called Franklin
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I was fully matured by the time I reached the age of ten
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A mulatto girl is what they called me
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And us mulattos had no trouble at all with men
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All men say that I'm as sweet as honey
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Cause I'm 34 38 and 22 at the tonky
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They called me Sweet Rhode Island Red, Sweet Rhode Island Red
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Sweet Rhode Island Red, Sweet Rhode Island Red
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Sweety is what they said about Sweet Rhode Island Red
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Tried to live a life I thought I wanted me to
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I went to church, been to school
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But there never had to be a White near you
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But on fast uptown I'd need the jobs
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They were just too hard headed to leave me alone
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They said that I was sweet as honey
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Cause I'm 34 38 and 22 at the tonky
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They called me Sweet Rhode Island Red, Sweet Rhode Island Red
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Sweet Rhode Island Red, Sweet Rhode Island Red
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Sweety is what they said about Sweet Rhode Island Red
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I was 17 when I moved to New Orleans
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'Cos living in the city has always been my dream
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People laughed, said it was a shame and a pity
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When old mayor Daley gave me the key to the city
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He too said that I was as sweet as honey
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Cause I'm 34 38 and 22 at the tonky
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They called me Sweet Rhode Island Red, Sweet Rhode Island Red
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Sweet Rhode Island Red, Sweet Rhode Island Red
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Sweety is what they said about Sweet Rhode Island Red
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