Ain't It a Cryin' Shame

I've forsaken my sister, forsaken my brother, I've forsaken my daddy and my dear old mother

I had to do that to change that woman's name

But now she's fixin' to leave me, ain't this a cryin' shame?

If it wasn't for love, people never would be blue, if it wasn't for women, I d'know what I'd do

They's awful tricky, but I love 'em just the same

But my woman, she have tricked me, ain't this a cryin' shame?

I didn't know, people, she was that tricky kind, I was very weak and I grabbed the hook and line

But she had that feelin', and made me change her name

She throwed me down, ain't this a cryin' shame?

Said, them weak-minded people, they's easy to be misled, especially when they're sleepin', in their lonesome bed

She had a feelin', and made me change her name

But my baby's fixin' a'leave me, ain't this a cryin' shame?

I woke up this mornin', about the break of day, reached over and grabbed the pillow, where she used to lay

It's awful, people, but I love her just the same

But my baby's fixin' to leave me, ain't this a cryin' shame?