Alan Lomax - The Rich Old Lady lyrics

Once I knowed old lady Round Tennessee did dwell She had a lovin' husband But she loved other mens as well Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O I'm goin' down to the doctor's shop Just as quick as I can go See if I can't find sumpen 'round that place That'll run my husband blind Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O She only found two marrowbone An' she told them to s** them all An says, Now I'm blind my dear young wife An' I jes' can't see at all Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Well, I would go and drown myself If I only knew the way Says, Now my dear come and go with me Mother's fraid you'll run astray Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Goes way down by the riverside For to see her old man drown My dear kind wife, I cannot drown Unless you shove me in She gits way back, takes a little runnin' start Gonna shove her old man in Old man jumps just a little to one side And a-headlong she plunged in Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O She whooped and she hollered Just as loud as any woman could squall Old man knows his sweet wife's dyin' An' cannot see at all Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Ol' man bein' so kind-hearted Knowin' too his sweet wife could not swim Reahed right down and git a long pole And he shoves her further in Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Come all you hasty young women An' take warnin' after me, Don't never try to drown a po' old man That's blind so he cannot see Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O Love my darlin' O