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22-20 Blues
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Skip James
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Oh, Mr. Crest, Mr. Crest
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How in the world you
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Expect for me to rest?
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Oh, Mr. Crest, Mr. Crest
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How in the world you
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Expect for me to rest?
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You've got my 22-20
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Layin' up across my breast
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Oh, if I send for my baby
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An she act a fool
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An she don't never come
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If I send for my baby
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She act a fool
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An she don't never come
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All the doctors in New York City
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I declare, they can't help her none
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You know, sometimes she gets unruly
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An she act like she just don't wanna do
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Sometimes she gets unruly
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An she act like she just don't wanna
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But I get my 22-20
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I cut that woman half in two
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Oh, your.38 Special
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Buddy, it's most too light
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Your .38 Special
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Buddy, it's most too light
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But my 22-20
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Will make ev'rything, alright
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Ah-or, your .44-40
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Buddy, it'll do very well
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Your .44-40
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Buddy, it'll do very well
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But my .22-20
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I declare you, it's a-burnin' hell
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I was stranded on the highway-hi
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With my 22-20 in my
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I was standin' on the highway
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With my 22-20 in my
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They got me 'cussed for murder
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I declare, I never have harmed a man
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Lord, oh I measured my gun
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An it's just a-long as my right arm
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I measured my gun
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An it's just a-long as my right
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I'm gon' raise me some sand
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And back down the road, I declare.
skip james 22 20 blues
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