Levee Camp Blues

You know I had a job on the levee
 I had a good looking woman who lived in Hughes
 I had a job on the levee
 I had a good looking woman she lived in Hughes
 You know that pretty little thing
 She kept me with the government fleet blues
 You know on every pay day
 She'd be standing around the landing crying
 On every pay day
 She'd be standing around the landing crying
 She be saying why don't that big boat hurry and
 Bring home that man of mine?
 You know on every pay day
 She could, she could hear the big boat when she blow
 Well on every pay day
 She could hear the big boat when she blow
 But when I done not get the check
 She told me she couldn't use me no more
 But I said that's all right big girl
 Honey, that's all right for you
 Yeah, hoo
 little girl that's all right for you
 I say you treat me low down and dirty
 See, baby, that's the way you's do
 I packed up all my clothes
 Left her settin' in the back door crying
 Aye yeah I left her settin' in the back door crying
 You know that done run the poor girl crazy
 I believe she gonna lose her mind
 You know don't come here honey
 Throwing up your doggone hands
 Don't come here baby
 I said throwing up your doggone hands
 You know I, I been your dog
 Ever since that I been your man
 But I said baby when you get lonesome
 Set right down and write to me
 Yeah -- yeah -- set right down you can write to me
 You know I can read your little writing baby
 Don't care where in this world I'll be
 You know love
 make you do things you don't want to do
 You know love
 make you do things you don't want to do
 You know from love sometime
 Will leave you feeling so sad and so blue
 Oh, Listen here honey
 Think about poor me some time
 Yeah, hoo
 think about poor me some time
 You know I feel so bad
 When you roll across my mind
 You know if you never no more see me
 You'll forever be on my mind
 If I never no more see you
 Yeah, you'll forever be on my mind
 You know every time I think about you honey
 I just can't keep from crying
 Oh it's so hard
 To love when they don't love you
 Ah, yeah, yeah, when they don't love you
 You can't do nothing baby when they do not want you
 But I tell 'em look it here, baby
 Your little trouble is coming home some day
 Yeah just like I tell you
 Your little trouble is coming home some day
 I said you gonna be sorry
 That you treated poor me this way