Lyrics My Sweetie Went Away - Bessie Smith

My Sweetie Went Away

I’ve got a lovesick tale to tell to you
Though it ain’t no affair of mine
It’s 'bout a gal named Sue and a boy named Lou
They were fighting all the time
Sue came home one afternoon
And found an empty dining room
Without a word her turtledove had flown
She began to moan
My sweetie went away but he didn’t say where
He didn’t say when, he didn’t say why
Oh, bid me goodbye;
I’m blue as I can be
I know he loved another one but he didn’t say who
He didn’t say when, he didn’t say what
His mama has got that took my sweetie from me
I’m like a little lost sheep and I can’t sleep
But I keep trying to forget
My trifling papa has left his mama 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 home?