[00:59.22]Beale Street mama
[01:01.17]Why don't you come back home?
[01:03.75]It isn't proper to leave your papa all alone!
[01:07.47]Sometimes I was cruel, that's true
[01:10.65]But mama, your sweet papa never two-timed you
[01:12.54]Boo-hoo, I'm blue
[01:15.54]So how come you do me like you do?
[01:18.24]I'm cryin'!
[01:18.45]Beale Street mama, don't you mess around with me!
[01:22.53]There's fancy pettin' that I can get in Tennessee
[01:26.97]I still get my sweet cookies, constantly
[01:29.64]But not the kind you served to me
[01:33.00]So Beale Street mama, come back home!
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Beale Street mama
Why don't you come back home?
It isn't proper to leave your papa all alone!
Sometimes I was cruel, that's true
But mama, your sweet papa never two-timed you
Boo-hoo, I'm blue
So how come you do me like you do?
I'm cryin'!
Beale Street mama, don't you mess around with me!
There's fancy pettin' that I can get in Tennessee
I still get my sweet cookies, constantly
But not the kind you served to me
So Beale Street mama, come back home!