Sophronie
(traditional, Jimmie Martin)


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Love em and leave em, kiss em and grieve em
That used to be my motto, so high
Till my Sophronie left me so lonely
Now there's a teardrop in my eye

My Sophronie from Kentucky, she's found another man
Can't even kiss her, I can't even hold her hand
Oh when we used to love beneath the stars up in the sky
But now I'm just a hot-shot with a teardrop in my eye

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I used to see the pretty girls from Maine to Alabam
I'd love them so much, but then I'd let me down
Used to see the pretty girls still with bitter tears
Find em, forget em, but now I have my fears

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Till Gabriel blows his bugle, I'll be lovin that sweet girl
That little gal means more to me than the whole wide world
I used to be a killer with the women me, oh my
But now I'm just a hot-shot with a teadrop in my eye

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