My Sweetie Went Away

I've got a lovesick tale to tell to you,

Tho' it's no affair of mine

It's 'bout a gal named sue and boy named Lou

They were fighting all the time

Lou came home one afternoon

Found an empty dining room

Without a word his turtledove had flown

So he began to moan.



My sweetie went away

But she didn't say where

She didn't say when

She didn't say why

Or bid me goodbye

And I'm as blue as can be



I know she loves another one

But she didn't say who

She didn't say which

She didn't say what

That rascal has got

That took my sweetie from me



I'm like a little lost sheep

And I can't sleep

But I keep

Tryin' to forget

The one I love has gone

And left me all alone



I moan my sweetie went away

But she didn't say where

She didn't say when

She didn't say why

I know that I'll die

Why don't she hurry back home



You oughta see

This lovesick fellow, lou

Doesn't do a thing but sigh

And while he's wond'ring

What became of sue

He's a sight for any eye



Bought some poison

Bought a gun

Says goodbye to ev'ryone

And while he's doping out some way to die

He can't forget to cry



My sweetie went away

But she didn't say where

She didn't say when

She didn't say why

Or bid me goodbye

And I'm as blue as can be



I know she loves another one

But she didn't say who

She didn't say which

She didn't say what

That rascal has got

That took my sweetie from me



I'm like a little lost sheep

And I can't sleep

But I keep

Tryin' to forget

The one I love has gone

And left me all alone



I moan my sweetie went away

But she didn't say where

She didn't say when

She didn't say why

I know that I'll die

Why don't she hurry back home