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<b>Ash Can Blues-Cliff Carlisle</b><br>
GBDGBD tuning, lap-style slide<br>
<b>NOTE:</b>  Parenthetic comments are spoken and yodeling is given in phonetic approximations.)<br>
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Mama, if you want your ashes hauled, step right up in line<br>
'Cause you can't get your ashes hauled, laggin' way behind<br>
Yo-de-lay-dee-doh-doh-doh<br>
Ee-yo-de-lay-ee, de-lay-ee-oh, de-lee-doh-ley-ee<br>
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I can see my mama standin' in my do'<br>
I see my mama standin' in my do'<br>
Said, "Daddy, since you stepped in, I ain't got no ashes no mo' (laughter)<br>
Yo-de-lay-ee, de-lay-ee-oh, de-lee-doh-ley-ee<br>
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Said, I could haul her ashes better than any other man (Lawd, Lawd)<br>
Said, I could haul her ashes better than any other man<br>
Said, I could sow my seed any time in her ash can (laughter)<br>
Yo-de-lay-ee, de-lay-ee-oh, de-lee-doh-ley-ee<br>
(Spoken: Man, man, let's go to town)<br>
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My sweet mama done got her another man (sure have)<br>
My sweet mama done got her another man<br>
Got her another daddy, rootin' around in her ash can (sure do root)<br>
Oh-de-lay-ee, ah-lee-ay-ee-oh-de-lee-de-lay-ee<br>
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She look like she gotta pumpkin, planted in her ash can (sure do)<br>
She look like she gotta pumpkin, planted in her ash can<br>
Said that I could sow my seed better than any other man (laughter)<br>
Ah-yee-oh-lay-ee-oh, de-lay-ee-oh, de-lee-doh-lay-ee<br>
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The carried her to the jailhouse, behind the jailhouse walls<br>
She cryin' for her daddy, can't get here ashes hauled (no sir, ha, ha)<br>
Dee-yo-de-lay-ee, ay-ee-oh-lay-ee<br>
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