Shorty George

Words & Music:

Traditional American

C C7

Well-a, Shorty George, he ain't no friend of mine,

F C

Well-a, Shorty George, he ain't no friend of mine,

G7 C F7 C G7

He's taken all the women and left the men behind.

Well-a Shor-ty George, he aint no friend of mine.

He's taken all the women and left the men behind.

Well, my mama died when I was just a lad

My mama died when I was just a lad,

And ever since that day, I been to the bad.

Well my baby caught the Katy, I caught the Santa Fee

Well she caught the Katy, I caught the Santa Fee

Well, you can't quit me, baby, can't you see.

Well I went to Galveston, work on the Mallory Line

Went to Galveston, Lord on the Mallory Line.

Babe you can't quit me, ain't no use tryin'.

Shorty George, travelin' through the land

Shorty George, he's travelin' through the land

Always looking to pick some woman's poor man.

When I get back to Dallas, I'm gonna walk and tell

When I get back to Dallas, gonna walk and tell

That the Fort Bend Bottom is a burning hell.

Got a letter from my baby, couldn't read from crying,

She said my mama weren't dead yet but she was slowly dying.

Well,I took my mama to the burying ground,

I never knowed I loved her till the coffin sound.

Yes, I went down to the graveyard, peeped in my mama's face,

Ain't it hard to see you in this lonesome place ?"