Mistreating Child Abuse Lyrics - Skip James

Note: hyphen=word unsung 

I sit up all the last night 

I done sit up all the night befo' 

I sit up all the last night 

An I sit up all the night befo' 

You know, I was drinkin' 

Lotta bad whiskey 

I declare, I never take another 

Drink no mo' 

Yes, you know my baby 

Left me early this mo'nin 

An she never did tell me 

When she would be back 

My baby left me early this mo'nin 

An she didn't tell me 

When she would be - 

Seem like to me, I see'd her 

She had all her clothes 

Packed in her sack 

Now, if you gon' let me down easy, baby 

Baby, please don't come back fo' no mo' 

If you gon' let me down easy, baby 

Please don't come back fo' no - 

But please don't let me down too easy 

'Till you will have come back 

An 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', baby 

Will ya count the days I'm gone? 

Because the woman that I love 

I declare, she've got to be born 

You can mistreat me here, now 

But I declare, you can't when I go home 

You can mistreat me here, baby 

But I declare, you can't when I go - 

Because I got somethin' there 

I declare, will make you leave me alone. 

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