Boy, I have doubts about encouraging anyone to sing this song. It sounds like a rationalization of rape to me. But judge for yourself:
Lyrics copied from http://members.aol.com/fyschee/lhmawom.htmHE MADE A WOMAN OUT OF ME
(Fred Burch, Donald Hill)I was born on a levee a little bit south of Montgomery.
Mama worked in the big house and daddy he worked for the County.
I never had no learnin' until I turned sixteen.
When Joe Henry come up the river, yonder, Lord, made a woman out of me.
Lord, he made a woman out of me.I used to tease Joe Henry. Guess it served me right.
Wasn't long till he left me crying out in the night.
Joe Henry had his say. He wouldn't set me free.
I fear to tell everybody that the man made a woman out of me.
Lord, he made a woman out of me.When I think back to that day so long ago,
I get a little feelin' on my mind.
Although it hurt me, there's one thing I know:
When he left, he left him a woman behind.When I meet another young man wantin' to love and run,
My mind goes back to Joe Henry James and a heck of a job he done.
Ain't no other man let me down. You see, I been set free.
Ever since way back yonder when Joe made a woman out of me.Lord, he made a woman out of me.
Lord, he made a woman out of me.
Joe made a woman out of me.
Lord, he made a woman out of me.
Joe made a woman out of me.
Lord, he made a woman out of me.