87. Don't Yo' Hab Eberybody fo' Yo' Fr'en'

Chorus-
Don't yo' hab eb'rybody fo' yo' fr'en'
Don't yo' hab ebrybody fo' yo' fr'en'
Dey will mek yo' fold yo' arms and cry
Lawd how long,
Don't yo' hab ebrybody fo' yo' fr'en'.

1
I will tell yo' what yo' fr'en' will do-
Dey will sit and eat and drink wid yo'
But when yo' trubble come-
yo' fr'en' begin to run.
2
Meet yo' brudduh in de mornin'
Ax him how he do
Yo' meet him again in de ebenin'
He done tell a lie on yo'.
3
Don't yo forsake yo' mother
I tell yo' what yo' mus' do
When yo' father forsake yo'
Yo' mother will stand by yo'.

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