Oops, back again. But I couldn't very well leave out the piece de resistance.

FOR GOODNESS SAKES, DON'T SAY I TOLD YOU
As sung by Uncle Dave Macon and Sid Harkreader,Vocalion 5374, recorded in Chicago c. January 1930. Lyrics assumed to be composed by Macon, though it's possible he may have learned them from an earlier stage version. Something odd happens in the next to last verse -- sounds as if he may have forgotten the right lyrics and made up a different rhyme on the spur of the moment. -- Bob

For a topical song your indulgence I seek,
   For goodness sakes, don't say I told you,
And if you are patient, I'll get through this week,
   For goodness sakes, don't say I told you,
I've taken great trouble this song to rehearse,
But I do not improve, I'm afraid I get worse,
So if you don't like it, I'll sing you another verse!
   For goodness sakes, don't say I told you.

For acting when young I had a terrible rage, for ...
And determined to go on the regular stage, for ...
With my talents I thought that I'd make a star,
I was sure the first night the whole world would be thar,
And I opened the door to a rush of cold air, for ...

I went to the club with three dollars in cash, for ...
At the game of faro I cut quite a dash, for ...
I won all three thousand and seventy bets,
I made up my mind how to pay off my debts,
When I left I had my nightie and two cigarettes, for ...

You see that young lady that sits over there, for ...
She's got on a switch of her grandmother's hair, for ...
Her cheeks are as red as a red, red rose,
And her hair is a beautiful brown,
She's the sweetest girl I've seen in your town, for ...

A dude loved a maiden for ever so long, for ...
One night 'neath her window he wobbled [warbled] his song, for ...
But the old man got up and his window he rose,
He soused the gay dude with a terrible dose,
And the fume of his bath made him bury his clothes, for ...