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?"