Black Eyed Susie

I may get drunk, I may get woozy
But I'm goin' home with black-eyed Susie...

Chorus
Hey, black eyed Susie, Ho, black eyed Susie
Hey, black eyed Susie Jane

I got a girl, lives in a holler
She won't come, and I won't call 'er...

Old man, old man, I want your daughter
To carry my wood and carry my water...

Black eyed Susie went to town
All she wore was a gingham gown...

I love my wife, I love my baby
Love my biscuits sopped in gravy...

Up red oak and down salt water
Some old man gonna lose his daughter...

All I need to make me happy, Two little boys to call me pappy

One named Paul, the other one Davy, One likes ham and the other one gravy

Black eyed Susie went huckleberry pickin', Came home late and took a lickin'

Goin' back home with a pocket full of money, Somebody there to call me honey

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Lyrics from the Mountain Music for Everyone Collection, a database of nearly 400 traditional songs common in bluegrass and old-time circles. The collection is provided by the Abbott family, which also offers books and CDs aimed at providing a path to playing by ear, songbooks, and play-along CDs for learning these traditional songs. Visit www.PlayingByEar.com for more.