The Hoodooin Of Miss Fannie Deberry

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The Hoodooin' Of Miss Fannie Deberry
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Down in Sunflower County where I was born
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Used to be a crazy woman
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Used to walk bare footed down a gravel road
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Singin' in an unknown tongue
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One day I asked her Papa why she was crazy
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The tears welled up in his eyes
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He said, "the Devil's inside my poor baby
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She be crazy 'til the day she dies
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You know she's been hoodooed
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By the power of the voodoo
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You know she's been hoodooed
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By the power of the voodoo
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Said Fanny always was a peculiar child
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Never could make her mind
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She used to slip out and go walkin' in
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the woods late at night

Always came home cryin'
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But then one night she came home laughin'
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Talkin' out of her head
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She said, Now I ain't got to worry 'bout dyin' Papa
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I been sleepin' in a Devil's bed
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You know she's been hoodooed
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By the power of the voodoo
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You know she's been hoodooed
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By the power of the voodoo

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Hoodoo woman pickin up Qwewee

Hoodoo woman pickin up Qwewee
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Said "Fanny's Mama was a Voodoo Queen
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Died when Fanny was born
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He remembered her very last words to him
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She said, "'m goin' Honey, take care of Fanny 'til the Devil comes
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So if you see her buried down in a graveyard
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Diggin' in a grave for Foofoo
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You know she's gonna Hoodoo somebody
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And if you cross her she might Hoodoo you
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You know she's been hoodooed
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By the power of the voodoo
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You know she's been hoodooed
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By the power of the voodoo