Skip James - Mistreating Child Abuse Lyrics
I sit up all the last nightI done sit up all the night befo'I sit up all the last nightAn I sit up all the night befo'You know, I was drinkin'Lotta bad whiskeyI declare, I never take anotherDrink no mo'Yes, you know my babyLeft me early this mo'ninAn she never did tell meWhen she would be backMy baby left me early this mo'ninAn she didn't tell meWhen she would be -Seem like to me, I see'd herShe had all her clothesPacked in her sackNow, if you gon' let me down easy, babyBaby, please don't come back fo' no mo'If you gon' let me down easy, babyPlease don't come back fo' no -But please don't let me down too easy'Till you will have come backAn asked for some mo'Now, if you don't believe I'm duckin'Will you count the days that I'm gone?Now, if you don't believe I'm duckin', babyWill ya count the days I'm gone?Because the woman that I loveI declare, she've got to be bornYou can mistreat me here, nowBut I declare, you can't when I go homeYou can mistreat me here, babyBut I declare, you can't when I go -Because I got somethin' thereI declare, will make you leave me alone.~
