"Milk Cow Blues" lyrics

Woke up this mornin'; looked out my door
I thought I heard my milk cow, I can tell the way she lore
If you see my milk cow, won't you please drive her on home
Ain't had no milk and butter, since my sweet little Jersey cow got gone
Come back here you sweet short thing

Well, now you gotta treat me right, woman, day by day
You get out that little ol' prayer book; get on your knees, and pray
'Cause you gonna need, yeah, you gonna need my help someday
Yeah, you gonna be sorry you treated your ol' man such a low-down, dirty way
Tell us how she's treated you, Richard

Sail on, little gal, down that old evil road you're goin' down, sail on
Mmm mmm, mama, what makes you leave your man all alone
Every night that is now
Yeah, you gonna come in some mornin', your hard-workin' daddy, he gonna be gone
Come let me show ya how she make me feel

Well, good evenin', don't that sun look good goin' down?
I say it do
Oooo, don't that ol' sun look good goin' down?
All the way down
And don't that bed look lonesome
When she won't bring her sweet self around?

I've tried everything, baby, to get along with you
And now I'm gonna tell you, baby, what I'm gonna do
Lord, I'm gonna stop this ballin', gonna leave you all alone
You just gonna be wonderin', woman, where in this world this ol' boy's gone