Cat. #1484 (MFH #3) - As sung by Reba Jenkins, Wheatland, Missouri on January 27, 1973
VERSE 1
My love is on th ocean
He can sink or he can swim
He don't care for me
An' I'm sure I don't for him
There's plenty more without him
As nice young me as he
An' I can find another
Since he's gone back on me
VERSE 2
And away with cold weather
Adieu to cold frost
I'll laugh an' be as happy
As th dear ole beau I lost
I'll sing an' be as merry
As a whistling bird in June
For I can catch another
Before tomorrow noon
VERSE 3
Many a pleasant evening
Together we have spent
His voice was always tender
His watch was always slow
Many a time I've told him
To take his hat an' go
VERSE 4
Th last time I saw him
T'was in th shady grove
He tipped his hat so gently
An' offered me a rose
He thought that I'd accept it
But he could plainly see
I'd given him th smitten
Since he went back on me
VERSE 5
Then away with cold weather
Adieu to cold frost
I'll sing an' be as happy
As th dear ole beau I've lost
VERSE 6
I'll sing an' be as merry
As a whistling bird in June
For I can catch another
Before tomorrow noon
VERSE 7
Boys are so deceiving
They think they know it all
They think we girls are struck on them
Think we look at them, at all
VERSE 8
But they are mistaken
An' you can plainly see
They don't know th meaning
Of th word L-E-F-T
VERSE 9
His love was in his pocket
His --- was in his heart
To me he gave a little
To the other girls a part
VERSE 10
His love was like a dew drop
That falls upon th ground
It came on Sunday evening
An' left on Monday morn
VERSE 11
Then away with cold weather
Adieu to cold frost
I'll laugh an' be as happy
As th dear ole beau I've lost
VERSE 12
I'll sing an' be as merry
As a whistling bird in June
For I can catch another
Before tomorrow noon