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" The name of the song is "All the boys got to love me, that's all."...It was the most unusual blues you ever heard. It was so sad. It's about a man who takes a girl to a dance. The girl starts flirting with another man. He doesn't start a fight, but takes her home and sings this song...The lyrics are full of regret, he tells her he is sorry he met her, among other things, and finishes by saying he is going to take her into the woods and shoot her. He kills her but he still loves her and he tells the undertaker to be very careful with his beautiful baby. "

Michael Ondaatje , Coming Through Slaughter


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