Lyrics - Molly And Tenbrooks by Marleys Ghost

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Chorus:)
Run, old
Molly, run!
Run, old
Molly, run!
Tenbrooks gonna beat you in the bright shining sun.
Bright shining sun, oh
Lord, bright shining sun.
Tenbrooks was a big bay horse, he wore that shaggy mane.
Run all round
Memphis, he beat the
Memphis train.
Beat the
Memphis train, oh
Lord, beat the
Memphis train.
Tenbrooks said to
Molly, "
What make your head so red?""
Running in the hot sun with fever in my head.
Fever in my head, oh
Lord, fever in my head."
Tenbrooks said to
Molly, "
You're looking mighty squirreled"
Molly said to
Tenbrooks, ³
I¹m a-leaving this old world.
Leaving this old world, oh
Lord, leaving this old world."(
Chorus)
Out in
California where
Molly done as she pleased,
Come back to old
Kentucky, got beat with all ease.
Beat with all ease, oh
Lord, beat with all ease.
Women all a-laughing, children all a-crying,
Mens all a-hollering, and old
Tenbrooks a-flying.
Old
Tenbrooks a-flying, oh
Lord, old
Tenbrooks a-flying.(
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Kuyper,
Kuyper,
Kuyper, my son.
Give old
Tenbrooks the bridle and let old
Tenbrooks run.
Let old
Tenbrooks run, oh
Lord, let old
Tenbrooks run.
Gonna catch old
Tenbrooks and hitch him in the shade.
Gonna bury
Molly in a coffin ready made.
Coffin ready made, oh
Lord, coffin ready made.(
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