My Sweetie Went Away - Bessie Smith
I've got a lovesick tale to tell to you
Though it ain't no affair of mine
It's 'bout a gal named Sue
And a boy named Lou
They were fighting all the time
Sue came home one afternoon
And found an empty dining room
Without a word her turtledove had flown
She began to moan
My sweetie went away
But he didn't say where
He didn't say when he didn't say why
Oh bid me goodbye
I'm blue as I can be
I know he loved another one
But he didn't say who
He didn't say when he didn't say what
His mama has got
That took my sweetie from me
I'm like a little lost sheep
And I can't sleep
But I keep trying to forget
My trifling papa has left
His mama all alone I groan
My sweetie went away
But he didn't say where
He didn't say when he didn't say why
I know I'll die
Why don't he hurry home
I'm like a little lost sheep
And I can't sleep
But I keep trying to forget
My trifling papa has
Left his mama all alone I groan
My sweetie went away
But he didn't say where
He didn't say when
He didn't say why
I know I'll die
Why don't he hurry home