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Tony Joe White - Clovis Green EmCClovis GDreen was a wealthy Emman He Cmade his living rDaising sugar Emcane CHe had spent his Dlife working the lEmand DJust outside the town of New OrEmleansHis Cdaughter AngeliDe was an only cEmhild She Cwas a lovely gDirl of seveEmnteen You would Cnever find her Dout running Emwild She wDas a debutante in New OrEmleansGSent her off to the finest sFchool CSo very young never paid no dEmues GHer momma said "honey you cFan't lose CWe've got your life planned out for Emyou"But they reveived a letter in the spring And she wrote "I know ya'll think I'm crazy But I'm coming home I've broken all your dreams Cause you see, I'm going to have a baby" And his wife looked at him and said "Clovis, can you tell me true What in the world are we gonna do We've given her everything we can Lord sometimes I just don't understand" A child was born in the fall But nobody ever mentioned the father But when all the neighbors came to call They would say he looked just like his mother