Lyrics copied from http://www.enidsworld.com/lyrics.html#fare
(which, by the way, is a web site devoted to the film Ghost World in which Steve Buscemi plays a record collector. Funny that we've never had a discussion of that film.)

FARE THEE WELL BLUES
(Joe Calicott)

Told me early in the fall you never had no man at all.
Fare thee, baby, fare thee well.
Told me early in the fall you never had no man at all.
Well, you got more men than a two-ton truck can haul.

Told me to my face, had a good man in my place.
Fare thee, baby, fare thee well.
Told me to my face, had a good man in my place.
Fare thee, baby, fare thee well.

Told me it's early spring, when the birds began to sing.
Fare thee, baby, fare thee well.
Told me, early spring, when the birds began to sing.
Well, it's the last chance get to be right here with me.

I told you, early in June, when the flowers began to bloom,
Fare thee, baby, fare thee well.
I told you, early in June, when the flowers began to bloom,
You can't do no better, 'nother good girl can take your room.

When [ice winter], let your curtain down.
Fare thee, baby, fare thee well.
When [ice winter], let your curtain down.
Well, you kept tellin' me, be some joke around.

Go 'n' put on your nightgown, baby. Let me go lie down.
Fare thee, baby, fare thee well.
Go 'n' put on your nightgown, baby. let me go lie down.
Well it's the last chance, shakin' in your baby, do.