MY SWEETIE WENT AWAY (SHE DIDN'T SAY WHERE, WHEN OR WHY)
(Roy Turk / Lou Handman)

Billy Murray & Ed Smalle - 1923
Dolly Kay - 1923
Also recorded by: Mel Tormé; Bessie Smith; Tommy Dorsey;
Susannah McCorkle; Estelle Reiner; Fletcher Henderson;
Guy Lombardo.



I`VE GOT A LOVESICK TALE TO TELL TO YOU,
THO' IT'S NO AFFAIR OF MINE
IT'S 'BOUT A GAL NAMED SUE AND BOY NAMED LOU
THEY WERE FIGHTING ALL THE TIME
LOU CAME HOME ONE AFTERNOON
FOUND AN EMPTY DINING ROOM
WITHOUT A WORD HIS TURTLEDOVE HAD FLOWN
SO HE BEGAN TO MOAN.

MY SWEETIE WENT AWAY
BUT SHE DIDN;T SAY WHERE
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHY
OR BID ME GOODBYE
AND I'M AS BLUE AS CAN BE

I KNOW SHE LOVES ANOTHER ONE
BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHO
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHICH
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHAT
THAT RASCAL HAS GOT
THAT TOOK MY SWEETIE FROM ME

I'M LIKE A LITTLE LOST SHEEP
AND I CAN'T SLEEP
BUT I KEEP
TRYIN' TO FORGET
THE ONE I LOVE HAS GONE
AND LEFT ME ALL ALONE

I MOAN MY SWEETIE WENT AWAY
BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHERE
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHY
I KNOW THAT I'LL DIE
WHY DON'T SHE HURRY BACK HOME

YOU OUGHTA SEE
THIS LOVESICK FELLOW, LOU
DOESN'T DO A THING BUT SIGH
AND WHILE HE'S WOND'RING
WHAT BECAME OF SUE
HE'S A SIGHT FOR ANY EYE

BOUGHT SOME POISON
BOUGHT A GUN
SAYS GOODBYE TO EV'RYONE
AND WHILE HE'S DOPING OUT SOME WAY TO DIE
HE CAN'T FORGET TO CRY

MY SWEETIE WENT AWAY
BUT SHE DIDN`T SAY WHERE
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHY
OR BID ME GOODBYE
AND I'M AS BLUE AS CAN BE

I KNOW SHE LOVES ANOTHER ONE
BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHO
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHICH
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHAT
THAT RASCAL HAS GOT
THAT TOOK MY SWEETIE FROM ME

I'M LIKE A LITTLE LOST SHEEP
AND I CAN'T SLEEP
BUT I KEEP
TRYIN' TO FORGET
THE ONE I LOVE HAS GONE
AND LEFT ME ALL ALONE

I MOAN MY SWEETIE WENT AWAY
BUT SHE DIDN'T SAY WHERE
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN
SHE DIDN'T SAY WHY
I KNOW THAT I'LL DIE
WHY DON`T SHE HURRY BACK HOME


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - January 2005)