ROSIE

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Song Title
ROSIE
Writers
Lomax Alan, Lomax John A
Publisher
TRO ESSEX MUSIC LTD
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
United Kingdom
Themes/Keywords
Baby, Cheating, Day, Devil, Farm, Long, Mistreatment, Snitch, Trouble, Woman, Wonder, Wrong
Lyrics
Ain’ but de one thing I done wrong,
Ain’ but de one thing I done wrong,
Ain’ but de one thing I done wrong,
Stayed in Mis’sippi jes’ a day too long,
Day too long, Lawdy, day too long,
Stayed in Mis’sippi jes’ a day too long

Chorus:
O Rosie, oho,
O Rosie, oh, Lawd, gal.
O Rosie, oho,
O Rosie, oh, Lawd, gal.

I’m in trouble down on de farm,
I’m in trouble down on de farm,
I’m in trouble down on de farm,
I’m in trouble, Lawdy, all day long,
All day long, honey, all day long,
I’m in trouble, honey, all day long.

Chorus

Think I’ll jump in forty foot of water,
Over my head, Lawdy, over my head.

You needin’ worry, you kin take yo’ time,
Kin give me ninety an’ still have nine (years).

Oh, I wonder who got de sergeant
Down on me, Lawdy, down on me.

Some ol’ snitcher mus’got de sergeant
Down on me, Lawdy, down on me.

Ef I don’ kill him, I’m gonna fix him so
He won’ be snitchin’ on me no mo’.

Lil baby Franklin wasn’ but nine days ol’,
Stuck his finger in a crawfish hole;

Crawfish back back an’ he wunk one eye,
“Lil baby Franklin, you is born to die”.

Ain’ but de one thing worries my min’,
My cheatin’ woman an’ my grea’ long time.

Well, this keepin’ Rosie sho is hard,
Dress she wo’ it cos’ a dollar a yard.

Wake up, Rosie, an’ turn up yo’ clo’es,
May be de las’ time, I don’t know

I don’ wan’ ev’ything I see,
Jes’ want da lil bit you promised me.

If they mistreat me, tell you what I’ll do,
I’ll but dis steel an’ bring it home to you.

Come an’ git me an’ a-take me home,
Des lifetime devils, dey won’t let me ‘lone.

Well, I come in here wid a hundred years,
Tree fall on me, I don’t bit mo’ keer.

Axes a-walkin’, chipses a-talkin’,
All day long, honey, all day long.

O Rosie, oho,
O Rosie, oh, Lawd, gal

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