I Had Myself A True Love

I had myself a true love
 A true love who was something to see
 I had myself a true love
 At least that's what I kept on telling me
 The first thing in the morning
 I still try to think of a way to be with him
 Some part of the evening
 And that's the way I live through the day
 I had myself a true love, but now he's gone
 And left me for good
 The Lord knows I done hear those back yard
 Whispers going round the neighborhood
 There may be a lot of things I miss
 A lot of things I don't know
 But I do know this
 Now I ain't got no love
 And once upon a time I had a true love
 In the evening, in the doorway
 While I stand there and wait for his coming
 With the house swept and the clothes hung
 And a pot on the stove there a humming
 Where is he while I watch the rising moon?
 Where is he, why'd he gone so soon?
 Now that ain't the way that it used to be, what now?
 And everybody keeps telling me
 There may be a lot of things I miss
 A lot of things I don't know
 But I do know this now
 I ain't got no love
 And once upon a time I had a true love