I gave my woman half my money at the general store I said now buy a little grocers and don't spend no more Then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat And got some store brought cat food for a mean eyed cat When I gave her ten more dollars for a oneway ticket she was mad as she could be Then I bet ten more if she ever left she'd come a crawling back to me
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When I woke up this morning and I turned my head There was a cotton pickin' thing on her side of the bed I found a little ole note where her head belonged It said dear John honey baby I'm long gone When I heard the whisle blowin' and the big wheels a turnin' I was scared as I could be I put on my overalls and I head for town I'm gonna bring her back with me
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I asked the man down the station if he'd seen her there I told him all about her pretty eyes and long blonde hair He spit his tobacco said I'd be dead blamed I believe I did see her leavin' on an eastbound train I bought a round trip ticket on an eastbound train I was broke as I could be But when I come back I got to buy another ticket gonna bring her back with me
