i ve got a lovesick tale to tell to you though it ain t no affair of mine it s bout a gal named sue and a boy named lou they were fighting all the time sue came home one afternoon and found an empty dining room without a word her turtledove had flown she began to moan my sweetie went away but he didn t say where he didn t say when he didn t say why oh bid me goodbye i m blue as i can be i know he loved another one but he didn t say who he didn t say when he didn t say what his mama has got that took my sweetie from me i m like a little lost sheep and i can t sleep but i keep trying to forget my trifling papa has left his mama all alone i groan my sweetie went away but he didn t say where he didn t say when he didn t say why i know i ll die why don t he hurry home 