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[Verse 1]
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Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s busy, too busy to come to the phone.
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Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s tryin’, to start a new life of her own.
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Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s happy, so why don’t you leave her a-lone.
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And the operator says, fourty cents more, for the next three minutes.
[Chorus]
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Plea-se mrs. Avery i’ve, just got to talk to her, i’ll only keep her/
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a while. Please mrs. Avery i, just wanna tell her good-bye - - -.
[Verse 2]
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Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s packin’, she’s goin’ to be leavin’ to-day
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Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s marryin’, a fellow down galveston way.
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Sylvia’s mother says, please don’t say nothin’,
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to make her start cryin’ and stay.
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And the operator says, fourty cents more, for the next three minutes.
[Chorus]
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Plea-se mrs. Avery i’ve, just got to talk to her, i’ll only keep her/
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a while. Please mrs. Avery i, just wanna tell her good-bye - - -.
[Verse 3]
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Sylvia’s mother says, Sylvia’s hurryin’, she’s catchin’ the nine o’clock
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train. Sylvia’s mothers says, take your umbella’ ‘cause Sylvia
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it’s startin’ to rain. Sylvia’s mother says, thank you for callin’,
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and so won’t you call back a-gain.
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And the operator says, fourty cents more, for the next three minutes.
[Outro]
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Plea-se mrs. Avery i’ve, just got to talk to her, i’ll only keep her
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A while. Please mrs. Avery i, just wanna tell her good-bye - - -.
