—1856, Silas Sexton Steele & Frederick Buckley. First Recorded 1928 by the Georgia Yellow Hammers
The other night while we set spooning
Softly whispering and I was a crooning
Thought the old folks and the children were all in bed
I heard footsteps outside a walkin'
Then you bet then I quit talkin'
And she sits up a little bit closer and she says
Chorus:
Kiss me quick, and go away
Then no one will ever know
Its too late to longer stay
So kiss me quick my honey, oh kiss me quick and go
Then I felt that I was cheating
And my heart it did stop beating
When the old man started a peeking through the crack
With other women I had business
And around the house I went a whizzin'
With the big white English bulldog on my track
Riding bushes and jumpin' fences
And I like to have lost my senses
When that big white English bulldog caught my rear
Up the hill and down the level
I could not outrun that big devil
With these words a ringin softly in my ear
Verse:
| I | IV I | I | V |
| I | IV I | I V | I |
Chorus:
| I I=IV | I | I | V |
| I I=IV | I | I V | I |