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Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown
Rufus Thomas

My mother sang it this way:

Rufus, Rastus, Johnson Brown

Watcha gonna do when the rent comes round?

Watcha ya gonna say, how ya gonna pay

You know you'll never have a cent till

Judgement Day!

You know, I know, rent means dough,

The landlords gonna put us out in the snow.

Rufus, Rastus, Johnson Brown

Watcha gonna do when the rent comes round?


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