Jimmie Brown The Newsboy

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[Verse 1]

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I'm very cold and hungry, sir, my clothes are worn and thin,
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I wander bout from place to place my daily bread I win;

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[Verse 2]

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But never mind, sir, how I look don't swear at me or frown,
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I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmie Brown.

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[Verse 3]

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I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmie Brown,
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Most everybody knows I am the newsboy of the town;

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[Verse 3]

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My father was a drunkard, sir, I've heard my mother say,
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But I am helping mother as I journey on the way;

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[Verse 4]

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I sell the morning paper, sir, my name is Jimmie Brown,
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Most everybody knows I am the newsboy of the town;