Huddie Ledbetter - Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On lyrics

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Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On 3:17 Trk 10 Disc 2

(Huddie Ledbetter)

Huddie Ledbetter - vocal and guitar

New York City June 15, 1940 (prob.)

Album: The Essential by Allegro Classic Blues

by Document Records CBL 200003

Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com

You can misuse me, baby

But you can't when I go home

You misuse me, baby

But you can't when I go home

I got somebody there

To make you leave me alone

I done give ya all my money

Now, baby what mo' can I do?

Done give ya all my money

Baby, what mo' can I do?

You said you was a good girl

But you just won't be true

Spoken:

Now, this man had to give this girl all his money.

He had a wife and a sweetheart, too.

And his sweetheart he give all his money.

At last one day he done got tired and got broke

And he looked at her, he said

'I'll give you all my money inside the box

but I can go home.

I got somebody that'll makes you leave me alone.

And he didn't have to give her no money, she was

pretty good lookin'. He looked at her.

Sail on, sail on, pretty gal, sail on

Sail on, hoo-hoo, sail on pretty gal, sail on

You gon' keep on sailin'

And you'll loo-ose yo' happy home

Come and park down here and talk to me, baby

A-just before you sail away

Park down here and talk to me, baby

'Fore you sail away

When you get back there

You may have no place to stay

Lord, you know you didn't want me

When you layed down 'cross my bed

Drinkin' all that good whiskey

Talkin' all out yo' head

Babe, you know you didn't want me

When you layed down 'cross my bed

Takin' all my high tax whiskey

Talkin' all out yo' head.

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