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When Papa Played The Dobro

Johnny Cash

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When Papa Played The Dobro

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My papa was a hobo when they delivered meWe didn't have a doctor cause he couldn't pay the feeBut when the goin' got too bad to ease his miseryPapa played the dobro this a way and he'd go[ dobro ]When company would come around he kept the dobro hidHe knew he couldn't play the way the other players didWhy the guitar's resonator was a gallon bucket lidBut papa played the dobro this a way and he'd go[ dobro ]Well now that papa's gone away it's hanging by the flueThe top of it's rusted and the strings're rusty tooIt won't ever sound the way that it did when it was newWhen papa played the dobro this a way and he'd go[ dobro ]

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