Classic Poem

1

Sadie went into the bar-room, and she ordered up a big glass of beer.
She said, " Tell me the truth, Mister Bartender, has my Henry Brown been here?
'Cause he's my man, and he's doin' me wrong, he won't come home. "

2

" Well I ain't goin' to tell you no secrets, and I ain't goin' to tell you no lies,
But I saw Henry Brown just a moment ago, and I could hardly b'lieve my eyes,
'Cause he's your man, what's been doin' you wrong, he won't come home. "

3

Sadie drank up all her beer, and she ordered up a big glass of gin,
She said, " Ain't it a shame, Mister Bartender, that I've a-takin' to drinkin' again,
On account of my man, what's a-doin' me wrong, he wouldn't come home. "

4

Sadie went up a dark alley, and she didn't go up there for fun,
For under her sky-blue kimono, she had a great big forty-four gun,
On account of her man, what was doin' her wrong, he wouldn't come home.

5

" Roll me over easy, now roll me over slow,
Oh, roll me over on my right side because my left side hurts me so,
'Cause I'm Sadie's man, what's a done her wrong, I wouldn't come home. "

6

They hauled out the rubber-tired carriage, and they hauled out the rubber-tired hack,
They were haulin' a guy to the grave-yard, and they weren't gonna haul him back,
He was Sadie's man, that had done her wrong, he wouldn't come home.