She's My Curly Headed Baby

Cat. #0629 (MFH #597) - As sung by Paralee Weddington, Busch, Arkansas on March 7, 1968

VERSE 1
She's my curly headed baby
That used to sit on Mamma's knee
She's my curly headed baby
She's from sunny Tennessee

VERSE 2
I have loved her since I met her
More than any tongue can tell
An' she has proved false hearted
I can never say farewell

VERSE 3
I am funny about th women
Boys, I'll tell you what they'll do
They'll be cry'n on your shoulder
An' be flirting with another too

VERSE 4
I druther be in some dark holler
Where th sun don't ever shine
Than for her t' be anothers darling
When she promised she'd be mine

VERSE 5
She's my curly headed baby
I don't care what people say
If she leaves me for another
That will be my dying day

VERSE 6
When I'm dead an' in my coffin
Then my face turned to th sun
An' th people gathered 'round me
To see this unkind deed I've done

VERSE 7
Boys, I've told you about th women
Boys, I've told you what they'll do
They'll be cry'n on your shoulder
An' flirting with another too

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