My Sweetie Went Away (Turk & Handman)

I've got a lovesick tale to tell to you

Though it's no affair of mine

It's about a gal named Sue and a boy named Lou

They were fighting all the time

Lou came home one afternoon

And found an empty dining room

Without a word his turtle dove had flown

And 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

I'm blue as I can be

I know she loves another one but 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 trying to forget

My triflin' mama has left her paper all alone

I groan

My sweetie went away but she didn't say where

She didn't say when

She didn't say why

I know I'll die

Why don't she hurry on home

You ought to 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

I'm blue as I can be

I know she loves another one but 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 trying to forget

My triflin' mama has left her paper all alone

I groan

My sweetie went away but she didn't say where

She didn't say when

She didn't say why

I know I'll die

Why don't she hurry on home