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Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.

Billie Holiday

Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Children Himself Lose
Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.
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Marriage Myself Parents Young
Lust may be in the heart, though it be not seen by others; as guests may be in the house, though they look not out at the windows.
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Heart Home Lust Window
Don’t be in such a hurry.
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Hurry One Liner Patience Time
One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
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Day Head Lyrics Myself Place
In this country kings or dukes don’t amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was the President; so I started calling Lester the President. It got shortened to Pres.
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Country Greatness Myself Short Start
There’s no damn business like show business – you have to smile to keep from throwing up.
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Business Smile Throw Yourself
I never hurt nobody but myself and that’s nobody’s business but my own.
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Business Hurt Myself
Sometimes it’s worse to win a fight than to lose.
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Fight Lose Time Win Worst
They think they can make fuel from horse manure – now, I don’t know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it’s sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.
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Known Myself Stop Thinking Willing
If nobody can learn from the past, then there’s no point in raking it up.
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Learning Past Point
And when you’re poor, you grow up fast.
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Fast Growth Poor Yourself
If I don’t have friends, then I ain’t nothing.
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Friendship Myself
I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do.
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Hungry Myself Sing
I can only sing songs my way. I don’t know any other way.
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Known Myself Sing Song Way
I joined Count Basie’s band to make a little money and to see the world. For two years I didn’t see anything but the inside of a Blue Goose bus, and I never got to send home a quarter.
BILLIE HOLIDAY

Money See World

Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.

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Them that’s got shall get, Them that’s not shall lose. So the Bible says, And it still is news. Mama may have, Papa may have, But God bless the child that’s got his own.

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