lovesick blues

Lyrics

i've got a lovesick tale to tell to you, though it ain't no fail of mine, it's about a gal named sue, and a boy named lou, they were fightin' all the time, sue came home one afternoon, and found an empty dining room, without a word, a turtledove had flown, sue began to moan, "my sweetie went away, but he didn't say where, he didn't say when, he didn't say why, without biddin' me goodbye, oh i'm blue as i can be, i know he loves another one, but he didn't say who, he didn't say when, he didn't say what, his momma has got, that took my sweetie from me, i'm like a little lost sheep, and i can't sleep, but i keep tryin' to forget, my travelin' poppa, he left his momma all alone, i groan, my sweetie went away but he didn't say where, he didn't say when, he didn't say why, i know i'll die, why don't he hurry on home?"