The Lady Came From Baltimore
By Johnny Cash
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12/28/2004
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The lady came from Baltimore and all she wore was lace
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She didn't know that I was poor, she never saw my place
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I was sent to steal her money, to take her rings and run
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Then I fell in love with the lady and got away with none
the lady's name was Susan Moore, her daddy read her law
she didn't know that I was poor, livin' outside the law
Her daddy said I was a thief and didn't marry her for love
But I was Suzanne's true belief and I married her for love
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I was sent to steal her money, to take her rings and run
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Then I fell in love with the lady and got away with none
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The house she lived in had a wall to keep the robbers out
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She never stopped to think it all that that's what I'm about
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I was sent to steal her money, to take her rings and run
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Then I fell in love with the lady and got away with none
Then I fell in love with the lady and got away with none