Young Gal’s Blues + 

I’m gonna walk to de graveyard + 

’Hind ma friend Miss Cora Lee. + 

Gonna walk to de graveyard + 

’Hind ma dear friend Cora Lee + 

Cause when I’m dead some + 

Body’ll have to walk behind me. + 

I’m goin’ to de po’ house + 

To see ma old Aunt Clew. + 

Goin’ to de po’ house + 

To see ma old Aunt Clew. + 

When I’m old an’ ugly + 

I’ll want to see somebody, too. + 

De po’ house is lonely + 

An’ de grave is cold. + 

O, de po’ house is lonely, + 

De graveyard grave is cold. + 

But I’d rather be dead than + 

To be ugly an’ old. + 

When love is gone what + 

Can a young gal do? + 

When love is gone, O, + 

What can a young gal do? + 

Keep on a-lovin’ me, daddy, + 

Cause I don’t want to be blue. + 