Classic Poem

Somebody
just keep on calling me
Somebody
just keeps on calling me
She got hair
like a mermaid on the sea
She got up this morning come a-tipping 'cross the floor
said mama in her
loving stocking feet
honey fare thee
sweet papa fare thee well
I done all in the world I could
trying to get along with you

Make me down a pallet
on your floor
Make me down
a pallet on your floor
Make it gentle and easy
make it down by your door

I can't stay away
I done cried the whole night long
I can't stay away
I've cried the whole night long
The good woman I love
she done packed her trunk and gone

Don't mistreat me
because I'm young and wild
Don't mistreat me
just because I'm young and wild
Sister, you ought to remember
that you once was a child

I don't feel welcome and I
don't care where I go
I don't feel welcome
I don't care where I go
The woman I love
she drove me from her door

'Fess up brown
where did you stay last night
'Fess up brown
where did you stay last night
Your hair's all down
and you know you ain't talking right

I'm a stranger here just
come in on the train
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
come in on the train
Won't some good man
tell me some woman's name