Here it is as done by Mississippi John Hurt. Lines with ... indicate guitar melody only, words not sung.

.... Tiger

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MAKE ME A PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR
Mississippi John Hurt

Make me down a pallet on your floor,
Make me down...
Make me a pallet down soft and low,
Make me a pallet on your floor.

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Oh, make me down...
Make me down...
Make me a pallet down soft and low,
Make me a pallet on your floor.

Up country...
Up the country where there's cold, sleet and snow,
I'm goin' up the country where there's cold, sleet and snow,
No tellin' how much further I may go.

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INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

Way of sleepin', my back and shoulders' tired,
Way of sleepin', my back and shoulders' tired
This way of sleepin', my back and shoulders' tired
Goin' turn over and try it on the side.

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Don't you let my good girl catch you here
Please don't let my good girl catch you here
Or she might shoot you, might cut and stab you, too,
No tellin' what she might do.

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