Take It From Me

Voice of the Desert (1914) by William Robinson Leigh

I ain’t got a woman

Gonna keep it that way.

Gotta whole lotta burnin

Gotta flush it all away.

I saw me a tavern

A couple miles back.

I might score me a turn

At a tall yella snack

To forget womenfolk

And their pull on my belt.

To get gone of this yoke

Of the feelings I’ve felt.

Do I hear a coyote

Yippin at the full moon?

Lil fella in the white coat,

You oughta find you a coon.

Cus I’ve been howling too

And it’s done me no perks,

But a belly full of brew

Is the only thing that works

To forget womenfolk

And their pull on my belt.

To get gone of this yoke

Of the feelings I’ve felt.