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Said my honey gal went away last night
I don’t know what to do
‘Cause every time she goes away
She makes me feel so blue.

Refrain:
It’s all night long, babe, it’s all night long.

Said that yellow gal rides [in] an automobile
The brownskin do the same
Says the jet black woman gets a buryin’ wagon
But she riding just the same.

Said that yellow gal drinks her whiskey straight
The brownskin do the same
Said the jet black woman gets a dip of snuff
But she gittin’ drunk just the same.

I mean it’s all night long
Baby, all night long
It’s all night long
Baby, all night long

Said that yellow gal sleeps in a [feather] bed
The brownskin do the same
Said the jet black woman gets a pallet on the floor
But she loves you just the same.

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from Survey of Traditional Music, Vol. 4: The Anglo​-​African Exchange, released August 7, 2023
Recorded by Mark Wilson and Lou Curtiss, El Cajon, CA, 1978. Previously unissued.

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