N-Rosie Jane
C-Malvina Reynolds
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L-      This      song          is    ad- dressed   to   my      sis-      ter,                          A- ny    man         who is
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L-       pre- sent        may      lis-    ten,                           A- ny   priest,          a- ny  pub-    lic    of-
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L-       fi-     cial,           A-      ny      phy-    si-      cian.                           But it  gives   him     no
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L-       li-   cense      to     touch us,      We       make    the     de-      ci-      sion.
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L-       Me               and   Ly-di-   a,               Jo-       sie   and     Ro-       sie    and     Eve,
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L-                      We      han-     dle      this    mat-    ter    our-     selves.         You'd  bet-     ter     be-
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L-     lieve,                                     Or     you'd   bet-  ter        leave.                     Ro- sie Jane,
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L-               Are you     preg-nant a- gain?   Ro-  sie Jane,                  You can    hard-ly take care    of the  four
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L-            you had be- fore.                          What in hea-  ven's name were you thin-king   of?        Ro-sie  Jane,
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L-               was it love?                         I   had an ex-tra  shot       on   top   of what I'd got,   In a   word       I was
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L-       drunk, so was   Bill.               At   least I think   it was Bill, and I'd for-got  to take my pill.
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L-                    I  guess it was God's will.                         Love?          when    that    ba-by   is    a   child, It will
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L-      suf-   fer from ne-glect,     Be  picked up-on and pecked,   And run   o- ver and wrecked, And its head   will be crowned with the
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L-       thorn.                  But     while   it's in- side  her it   must   re-main in-tact,  And it can- not   be mur-dered till it's
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L-       born.                  Ro-    sie Jane,                  Are you    preg-nant  a-gain,  Ro-sie   Jane?,                  You can
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L-          hard-ly take care     of the  four                you had be-fore,                           What in hea-ven's name   were you
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L-      thin- king    of         Ro-  sie Jane,                   Was it love?