My Sweetie Went Away

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
 She began to moan
 My sweetie went away
 But he didn't say where
 He didn't say when
 He didn't say why
 Or bid me goodbye
 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 has 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 home?
 I'm like a deer, Lord, sheep
 And I can't sleep
 But I keep tryin' to forget
 My travelin' poppa has 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 home?