Key: A
Introduction: A4 A
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I was raised in better days, mostly by myself
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No-one ever took the time or was inclined to help
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Mother dear, she was never near, she left me to the street
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A little boy who was not too tall, with dirty hands and feet
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Little old jack, you best stay back, susie keep away
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No my life was lily-white, it's all I heard them say
B
Hey hey
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Now I'm grown, I'm on my own, running free and wild
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Not inclined to be entwined with a mrs and a child
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No my dear it may seem queer, it keeps me in the black
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Should you depart to break my heart, don't bother looking back
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Little old jack, you best stay back, susie keep away
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No my life was lily-white, it's all I heard them say
B
Hey hey... Get in!
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Now I'm grown, I'm on my own, running free and wild
E B D E
Not inclined to be entwined with a mrs and a child
E B D E
No my dear it may seem queer, it keeps me in the black
E B D E
Should you depart to break my heart, don't bother looking back
G D A E
Little old jack, you best stay back, susie keep away
G D A E
No my life was lily-white, it's all I heard them say
B
Hey hey... Oh
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Little old jack, you best stay back, susie keep away
G D A E
No my life was lily-white, it's all I heard them say
G D A E
Little old jack, you best stay back, susie keep away
G D A E
Little old jack, you best stay back, it's all I heard them say
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Oh... Little old jack, you best stay back, susie keep away
G D A E
Little old jack, you best stay back, it's all I heard them say