MY PENCIL WON'T WRITE NO MORE
As recorded by Bo Carter, 1931.

Now listen here, folks; there's one thing sho':
My ol' pencil won't write no mo',

CHORUS: Because the lead's all gone.
Oh, the lead's all gone.
Oh, the lead's all gone; the pencil won't write no mo'.

I laid down in my bed just to write a line.
I could feel my ol' pencil droop an' fallin' all the time,
Because the....

I gets out o' my bed, down on the flo'.
I's worryin' 'bout Bo's pencil won't write no mo',
Because the....

I met a hot mama; I wanted to love her so bad.
I lost all the lead in my pencil I had.
Now the....

I hugged and I kissed her all last night.
It wa'n't nothin' doin'; Bo's pencil wouldn't write,
Because the....

You sho' can tell when a man's pencil is wrong.
His mama's always shiftin' from home,
Because the....

Now listen, young man; you ought to know:
[If you] Can't write for that woman, you have to let her go,
Because your lead's....


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