SUSIE LEE DONE FELL IN LOVE
SHE PLANNED TO MARRY JOE
SHE WAS SO HAPPY 'BOUT IT ALL,
SHE TOLD HER PAPPY SO.
PAPPY TOLD HER, "SUSIE GAL,
YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER.
I'D JUST AS SOON YO' MA DON'T KNOW,
BUT JOE IS YOUR HALF BROTHER."
SO SUSIE PUT ASIDE HER JOE
AND PLANNED TO MARRY WILL
BUT AFTER TELLING PAPPY THIS,
HE SAID, "THERE'S TROUBLE STILL..."
"YOU CAN'T MARRY WILL, MY GAL,
AND PLEASE DON'T TELL YOUR MOTHER
BUT WILL AND JOE AND SEVERAL MO'
I KNOW IS YO' HALF BROTHER."
BUT MAMA KNEW, AND SAID "MY CHILD,
DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.
MARRY JOE OR MARRY WILL.
YOU AIN'T NO KIN TO PAPPY."
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