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Lord, I wonder what is worryin' me
If it ain't my regular, must be my used to be.
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Now I'm gon' show you all my black bottom
They stay to see that dance
Wait until you see me do my big black bottom
It'll put you in a trance.
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They say I do do it, ain't nobody caught me,
Sure got to prove it on me.
Went out last night with a crowd of my friends,
They must've been women, 'cause I don't like no men.
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Born:
April 26, 1886
Died:
December 22, 1939
(aged 53)
Bio:
"Ma" Rainey was one of the earliest African American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of blues singers to record. She was billed as the "Mother of the Blues".
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