I don't know if I deserve a bit
of sympathy,
Save your sympathy, that's all
right with me.
I was satisfied to drift along
from day to day,
'Til you came and took my man away!
Remember my forgotten man,
You put a rifle in his hand,
You sent him far away,
You shouted "hip-hooray,"
But look at him today!
Remember my forgotten man,
You had him cultivate the land,
He walked behind a plow,
The sweat fell from his brow,
But look at him right now!
And once he used to love me,
I was happy, then!
He used to take care of me,
Won't you bring him back again?
'Cause ever since the world began,
A woman's got to have a man,
Forgetting him, you see,
Means you're forgetting me,
Like my forgotten man!
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