(PAY ME) ALIMONY
As recorded by the Maddox Brothers and Rose, 1951

1. Come all you pretty single girls and listen to my story:
The girl that leads a single life, lives a life of glory.
Once I wed a handsome man because my heart was lonely,
Then one day I left him flat and sued for alimony.

CHORUS: To pay me alimony, to pay me alimony,
I had him up in every court in town to pay me alimony.

2. He said that that would never do; he thought I was a phony.
The first thing that I said to the judge was: "I want alimony."
His pocketbook he threw away; he fed on stale baloney,
For ev'ry time he got a dime, I wanted alimony. CHORUS

3. One day a message came to me that he was slowly sinkin'.
I quickly rushed up to his side to see what he was thinkin'.
In that saddest hour of life, my heart was cold and stony.
He lifted up his mournful head and I whispered "Alimony."

CHORUS: Hooray for alimony! Hooray for alimony!
Just get yourself a handsome man and sue for alimony.