Poor Me
by 
Charley Patton 
recording of 1929-1934 
from 
Charley Patton: Founder Of The Delta Blues (Yazoo L-1020) 
Yes on me, it's poor me, you must take pity on poor me 
I ain't got nobody, take pity on poor me 
You may go, you may stay, but she'll come back some sweet day 
By and by, sweet mama, by and by 
Don't the moon look pretty shinin' down through the tree? 
Oh, I can see 
Bertha Lee 
, Lord, but she can't see me 
You may go, you may stay, but she'll come back some sweet day 
By and by, sweet mama, baby won't you, by and by 
You may go, you may stay, but she'll come back some sweet day 
By and by, sweet mama, by and by 
Yes on me, it's poor me, you must have pity on poor me 
I ain't got nobody, take pity on poor me 
Don't the moon look pretty shinin' down through the tree? 
Oh, I can see Bertha Lee, but she can't see me 
You may go, you may stay, but she'll come back some sweet day 
By and by, sweet mama, oh baby, won't you, by and by 
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Note 1: Bertha Lee was Patton's girl friend and recording partner in the early 1930's 

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