I slipped out of the house
about sundown
While Mama was
a-washin' her hair
And you can bet
your bottom dollar
She'll come lookin' for me
When she finds
that I'm not there
And if she catches her
sweet thang runnin' around
I know there'll be
the devil to pay
She'll come blowin'
like a cyclone
right through that door
And I can hear exactly
what she'll say
Well has anybody here
seen sweet thang
I got a notion
he'll be headed this a-way
'Cause when my sweet thang
is out tomcattin' around
He finds a sandbox
like this to play
I wanna tell all you
barroom roses
If my sweet thang
does happen by
You'd better
take my advice
And if you blink
more than twice
You'd better have
somethin' in your eye
I give my baby all my money
on payday
Except a little
she don't know that I got
'Cause there's a cute little
waitress at the corner cafe
And she seems to like me
quite a lot
While we were sittin' in this
back booth a-havin' a talk
And she's believin'
every word that I said
When the door blew open
Loretta walked in
yellin' loud enough
to wake the dead
Well has anybody here
seen sweet thang
I got a notion
he'll be headed this a-way
'Cause when my sweet thang
is out tomcattin' around
He finds a sandbox
like this to play
I wanna tell all you
barroom roses
If my sweet thang
does happen by
You'd better
take my advice
And if you blink
more than twice
You'd better have
somethin' in your eye
You'd better
take my advice
And if you blink
more than twice
You'd better have
somethin' in your eye