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From Dolly Parton's album: My Tennessee Mountain Home

Well I remember when I was just little
Mama used to cook on an old black kettle
On an old wood stove she^,d had since she was wed
Well the oven door was sprung a little bit
So we propped it up with a forked stick
But that didn^,t matter cause Mama kept us fed
My mama and daddy must have loved each other
Cause I had eleven sisters and brothers
And the girls worked just as hard as the boys did
There was corn to hoe then we^,d go hoe it
We might have been poor but we didn^,t know it
We^,d heard that word but we didn^,t know what it meant
Oh we used to have such a good life
And the days that I knew then are the happiest I^,ve known
And oh didn^,t we have such a good time
It^,s sad to think the old black kettle^,s gone

Well there was nothing that pleased us any better
Than when we got an occasional letter
From kin folks livin^, up north in some big town
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We^,d think of all the games we^,d play
And we just couldn^,t hardly wait
When our city cousins said they^,ze a comin^, down
Now Mama^,s done away with the old black kettle
She used to cook in when I was just little
And the door ain^,t sprung on her electric range
That little farm and home we had
It ain^,t there no more and that^,s too bad
Folks are doin^, away with the simple things

And oh we used to have such a good life
And the days that I knew then are the happiest I^,ve known
And oh didn^,t we have such a good time
It^,s sad to think the old black kettle^,s gone

Now, I just mean to say the simple things are gone
The old black kettle^,s gone
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