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Betty An' Dupree
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Harry Belafonte
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Dupree went down-town a '44 in his hand
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Dupree went down-town a '44 in his hand
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Went for the jewelry but he shot that jewelry man
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Dupree said Betty here's your diamond ring
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Dupree said Betty here's your diamond ring
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Just to please you pretty Betty I've done done a wicked thing
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Dupree told Betty I'm bound for Tennessee
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Dupree told Betty I'm bound for Tennessee
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I'm sorry pretty Betty but that sheriff is a haunting me
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They caught poor Dupree and put him into the jail
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Caught poor Dupree put him in the jail
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Atlanta prison is where Betty took Dupree his mail
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Dupree said judge I ain't been here before
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Dupree said judge I ain't been here before
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Judge told Dupree I'm gonna see that you don't come back no more
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They took him to the scaffold a black cap upon his face
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Took him to the scaffold a black cap upon his face
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Now the cold cold ground is for Dupree's resting place
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Betty went to the graveyard singing near oh my god to thee
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Betty went to the graveyard singing near oh my God to thee
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Oh mister hangman look what you done done to Dupree
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She told the hack-driver to drive his wagon slow
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Told the hack-driver drive your dead wagon slow
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