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Thread #23092 Message #253998
Posted By: dwditty
08-Jul-00 - 06:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Good Old Wagon (Bessie Smith)
Subject: Lyr Add: GOOD OLD WAGON (Bessie Smith)
I think this is it. Funny, I sang this on HearMe just last night (actually early this morning).
Good Old Wagon - Bessie Smith
Listen here, Pretty Papa, please get out of my sight I am calling it quits now, right from this very night You've had your day, don't you stand around You've been a good old wagon, Daddy, but you done broke down
You better go down to the blacksmith shop, get yourself an overhaul 'Cause there ain't nothing about you to make a good woman want to ball When you were in your prime, you use to love to run around You've been a good old wagon, Daddy, but you done broke down
When the sun is shining, that's the time to make hay But now it's raining all of the time and you can't make your wagon pay Nobody wants a baby, when a real man can be found You've been a good old wagon, Daddy, but you done broke down
Now there ain't no use in cryin' or to make a big show This man has taught me more about lovin' than you will ever know He is the king of loving, just minus of a crown He's a good old wagon, Daddy, but and he ain't broke down