DON'T PUT THAT THING ON ME
As recorded by Clifford Gibson, 1929.

Don't put that thing on me.
Don't put that thing on me.
I swear I'll be good, kind mama; don't put that thing on me.

Don't care what you say.
Don't care what you do.
You sure can't quit your woman if she put that thing on you.

She puts that thing on you.
She puts it on you right.
You can't eat when you get hungry, partner, and you can't sleep at night.

You can't sleep at night.
You can't sleep at night.
You can't eat when you get hungry, partner, and you can't sleep at night.

I asked a married woman
To let me be her kid.
She said she'd spread; she'd put that thing on me, and I couldn't keep it hid.

I couldn't keep it hid.
I couldn't keep it hid.
She say she'll spread; she'll put that thing on me, and I couldn't keep it hid.

My woman quit me,
Find her another man.
Any way she have that thing on me, I couldn't raise my hand.

Now from my experience,
I give you your advice:
If you got a good woman, partner, you got to treat her right.

You'd better treat her right.
You'd better treat her right.
If you got a good woman, partner, you'd better treat her right.