Tony Joe White - Clovis green
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Tony Joe White - Clovis Green
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CClovis GDreen was a wealthy Emman
He Cmade his living rDaising sugar Emcane
CHe had spent his Dlife working the lEmand
DJust outside the town of New OrEmleans
His Cdaughter AngeliDe was an only cEmhild
She Cwas a lovely gDirl of seveEmnteen
You would Cnever find her Dout running Emwild
She wDas a debutante in New OrEmleans
GSent her off to the finest sFchool
CSo very young never paid no dEmues
GHer momma said "honey you cFan't lose
CWe've got your life planned out for Emyou"
But they reveived a letter in the spring
And she wrote "I know ya'll think I'm crazy
But I'm coming home I've broken all your dreams
Cause you see, I'm going to have a baby"
And his wife looked at him and said
"Clovis, can you tell me true
What in the world are we gonna do
We've given her everything we can
Lord sometimes I just don't understand"
A child was born in the fall
But nobody ever mentioned the father
But when all the neighbors came to call
They would say he looked just like his mother