Suicide + 

Ma sweet good man has + 

Packed his trunk and left. + 

Ma sweet good man has + 

Packed his trunk and left. + 

Nobody to love me: + 

I’m gonna kill ma self. + 

I’m gonna buy me a knife with + 

A blade ten inches long. + 

Gonna buy a knife with + 

A blade ten inches long. + 

Shall I carve ma self or + 

That man that done me wrong? + 

’Lieve I’ll jump in de river + 

Eighty-nine feet deep. + 

’Lieve I’ll jump in de river + 

Eighty-nine feet deep. + 

Cause de river’s quiet + 

An’ a po’, po’ gal can sleep. + 