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This girl misses Mama, but Grandma says, Your mama's gonna be coming on home soon. Mama moved to Chicago for a job. What is the job Mama says she will be doing while she is gone?
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Washing railroad cars.
ReplyDeleteThis was a tough one and made us do a lot of searching before we found it! Thanks for the clues.
Mama's job was cleaning trains for the railroad in Chicago.
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Washing the railroad cars.
ReplyDeleteWhile Mama is gone, she will be washing the railroad cars.
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