My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When Or Why)

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?
 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?