My Sweetie Went Away

I've got a lovesick tale to tell to you
Though it's no affair of mine
It's about a gal named Sue and a boy named Lou
They were fighting of all the time
Lou came home one afternoon
And found an empty dining room
Without a word his turtle dove had flown
And he began to moan

My sweetie went away but she didn't say where
She didn't say when
She didn't say why
Or bid me goodbye
I'm 'bout as blue as I can be

I know she loves another one but she didn't say who
She didn't say which
She didn't say what
Her papa 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 travelin' mama has left her papa all alone
And I groan

My sweetie went away but she didn't say where
She didn't say when
She didn't say why
I know I'll die
Why don't she hurry on home

You ought to see this lovesick fellow, Lou
He doesn't do a thing but sigh
And while he's wond'ring what became of Sue
He's a sight for any eye
Bought some poison, bought a gun
Says "goodbye" to ev'ryone
And while he's doping out some way to die
He can't forget to cry

My sweetie went away but she didn't say where
She didn't say when
She didn't say why
Or bid me goodbye
'Bout as blue as I can be

I know she loves another one but she didn't say who
She didn't say which
She didn't say what
That rascal 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 triflin' mama has left her papa all alone
And I groan

My sweetie went away but she didn't say where
She didn't say when
She didn't say why
I know I'll die
Why don't she hurry on home