[Verse 1]
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When you go down to Deep Elem, To have a little fun
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Have your ten dollars ready, When that policeman comes
[Chorus]
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
[Verse 2]
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Well if you go down to Deep Elem, put your money in your shoes
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Women in Deep Elem got them Deep Elem blues
[Chorus]
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
[Verse 3]
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Once I knew a preacher, Preached the bible through and through
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Went down to Deep Elem Now his, preachin’ days are through.
[Chorus]
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
[Verse 4]
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Once I had a girlfriend, She meant the world to me
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Went down to Deep Elem, Now she, ain’t what she used to be.
[Chorus]
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
[Verse 5]
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When you go down to Deep Elem, To have a little fun
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Have your twenty dollars ready, When that policeman comes
[Chorus]
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
[Verse 6]
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When you go down to Deep Elem, Put your money in your pants
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Womens in Deep Elem, they won’t, give a man a chance
[Chorus]
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
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Oh sweet mama, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem blues
[Outro]
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Oh sweet Momma, your daddy’s got them Deep Elem Blue