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Thread #77085 Message #3274037
Posted By: Jim Dixon
15-Dec-11 - 02:12 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Never Drive a Stranger from Your Door
Subject: Lyr Add: NEVER DRIVE A STRANGER FROM YOUR DOOR
I have now listened to the whole song on Spotify. Here's how I hear it:
NEVER DRIVE A STRANGER FROM YOUR DOOR
As sung by Willie Harris on "Rare Country Blues (1927-1937)" (Document Records DOCD-5170, 2005)
Oh should never drive a stranger from your door.
Never drive a stranger from your door.
If he come to your home, got no place to go,
Make him down a pallet on your floor.
Won't you make me down a pallet on your floor?
Make me down a pallet on your floor.
Make it soft and low, right behind your door.
Make it where your husband never know.
Oh, what make I love my baby so?
What make I love my baby so?
Tell me, what make I love my baby so?
She make five dollars then she give me four.
Honey, baby, I certainly do love you.
Honey, baby, I certainly do love you.
Honey, baby, I certainly do love you.
I don't like that low-down way you do.
Oh, should never drive a stranger from your door.
Never drive a stranger from your door.
If I come to your home, got no place to go,
Make me down a pallet on your floor.