Mama Come Get Your Baby Boy Song Lyrics and Chords
Mama Come Get Your Baby Boy Song Lyrics and Chords by Eddy Arnold
Mama Come Get Your Baby Boy
Recorded by Eddy Arnold
Written by Leon Merritt and Alvin Alton
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Once I was a happy boy
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free as I could be
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I up and left my home to
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see what I could
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see
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I met up with a little gal and she
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turned loose on me
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Mama come
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get your baby
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mama come get your baby
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If I don't get back home to roost
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You know this gal's done cooked my goose
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Mama come
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get your baby
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I always thought I'd like to try t
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o take a little fling
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Now I'm scared half to death t
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o think what it migh
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bring
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She'll string me like a puppet she€
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™ll play me like a toy
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Mama come
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get your baby
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If I ever get back home I
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promise this to you
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I will stay away from women I
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know what they will
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do
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They will treat you very nice then
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leave very blue
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Mama come
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get your baby
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Mama Come Get Your Baby Boy?
- The song Mama Come Get Your Baby Boy was sang by Eddy Arnold.
Who is Eddy Arnold?
- Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 - May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
