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Cornbread And 'lasses (Sassafrass Tea)Come here girls and listen to my noiseDon't you marry an Arkansas boy Marry a feller from Tennessee, eat Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea. Traveled all over this whole wide world Eat a lotta cookin' from a lotta pretty girls But there's none like Tennessee With cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea. Well, Grandpa Snazzy lives on the hill He ain't never died and I guess he never will The neighbours all around say he's ninety three The old man's happy as he can be eatin' Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea. Well, old Uncle Bill on his dyin' bed He called 'em all around and then he said My last request, please, let it be Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafras tea. Well, come here, girls, and listen to my noise Don't you marry an Arkansas boy Marry a feller from Tennessee, eat Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea Cornbread, and 'lasses and sassafras tea. |