My Sweetie Went Away
by Handman / 
Roy Turk 
recording of October 15 1923 
from 
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy C2K-47091) 
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