SAIL ON, LITTLE GIRL, SAIL ON
Huddie Ledbetter
Huddie Ledbetter


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.


(transcribed awcantor - March 2008)