Ma po' po' gal has left me
An' threw me down the drain.
She has gone an' left me;
And threw me down the drain.
Never did she care if...
How much ounce of pain.

So let me buy a knife with
A blade ten inches long.
Am gonna buy me a knife with
A blade ten inches long.
Shall I carve ma self or...
The gal that did me wrong?

Or let me buy a dose that
Will eat ma lungs aslow.
Am gonna buy a dose that
Will burn ma liver slow.
For better that I die than...
Watch ma lady go.

Or let me climb a roof that
Ten long stories high.
Jump jump down a rooftop
Ten long stories high.
Than watch ma lady go I...
Rather jump an' die.

I rather kill ma self than
See ma lady go.
Suicide I do than
Watch the lady go.
She so cute an' calm O...
Lawd I love her so.