...she won't write to po' me, Alberta, she won't write to po' me. She won't write me no letter, She won't send me no word, It makes a long, oh, long-a time man, Oh Lawdy, feel bad.
Captain George, he got the record and gone, Captain George, he got the record and gone, Captain George, he got the record and gone, Oh, Lawdy, Lawdy, Captain George, he got the record, Oh, Lawdy, and gone.
Lawd, hit me with a brick!
It makes a long time man feel bad, It makes a long time man feel bad, An' it's the worst feelin' That I ever had, When I can't, oh can't get a letter, Oh Lawdy, from home.
I know my baby don't know where I'm at!
My mother, she won't write to po' me, My mother, she won't write to po' me, She won't write me no letter, She won't send me no word, It makes a long, oh, long-a time man, Oh Lawdy, feel bad.
Alberta, would you cry about a dime? Alberta, would you cry about a dime? If you cry about a nickel, You will die about a dime, Alberta, oh 'Berta would you cry, Oh, lawdy, 'bout a dime?
Lawd, have mercy!
It makes a long time man feel bad, It makes a long time man feel bad, An' it's the worst old feelin' That I ever had, When I can't, oh, can't-a get a letter, Oh Lawdy, from home.
My uncle, he won't write to po' me, My uncle, he won't write to po' me, He won't write me no letter, He won't send me no word, It makes a long, oh, long-a time man, Oh Lawdy, feel bad.
My aunty, she won't write to po' me, My aunty, she won't write to po' me, She won't write me no letter, She won't send me no word, It makes a long, oh, long-a time man, Oh Lawdy, feel bad.
It makes a long time man feel bad, It makes a long time man feel bad, An' it's the worst feelin' That I ever had, When I can't, oh can't get a letter Oh Lawdy, from home.