OH LAWDY (SOMETHING'S DONE GOT BETWEEN EBECANEEZER AND ME)
Words and music by Henry Creamer & Turner Layton, ©1919.
As recorded by Bert Williams, 1919.

1. Ebecaneezer Darktown Jones had fought the whole war through,
But it was on his weddin' day he met his Waterloo.
His bride was waitin' at the church; Jones was on his way
When he butted into a razor fight and there they left him lay.
When the bride received the news,
She loudly sang these blues:

CHORUS 1: Oh, Lawdy! He's done left me in the lurch.
Oh, Lawdy! He'll never reach the church.
Now I know the weddin' bells will ring for him no more.
There goes the undertaker—oh, my!—marchin' to his door.
Oh, Lawdy! Now I can plainly see
That somethin's done got between Ebecaneezer and me.

2. Now if he had to have a fight, why didn't he wait for that?
So many … I know that I could 'a' knocked him flat.
He died right on his weddin' day; now ain't that a measly shame?
Oh, he might 'a' waited until I got the insurance papers in my name.
They say he fought so nice.
I 'spect that's why now he's laid on ice.

CHORUS 2: Oh, Lawdy!, He left me in the lurch.
Oh, Lawdy! He'll never reach the church.
And now since he's dead and gone, and prohibition's here,
We'll take all of these weddin' flowers and place them on his bier.
Oh, Lawdy! Maybe another man I'll seek,
'Cause somethin's done got between Ebecaneezer and me.