Clovis Green

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[C]Clovis G[D]reen was a wealthy [Em]man
He [C]made his living r[D]aising sugar [Em]cane
[C]He had spent his [D]life working the l[Em]and
[D]Just outside the town of New Or[Em]leans

His [C]daughter Angeli[D]e was an only c[Em]hild
She [C]was a lovely g[D]irl of seve[Em]nteen
You would [C]never find her [D]out running [Em]wild
She w[D]as a debutante in New Or[Em]leans

[G]Sent her off to the finest s[F]chool
[C]So very young never paid no d[Em]ues
[G]Her momma said "honey you can't [F]lose
[C]We've got your life planned out for [Em]you"

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