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Black​-​eyed Susie

from Understudy by The Great Park

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lyrics

black-eyed susie

up red oak and down salt water
every man gonna lose his daughter
hey black-eyed susie
you been gone so long susie won’t you wait

black-eyed susie went huckleberry picking
the boys got drunk and susie took a licking
hey black-eyed susie
trouble gonna find you soon enough won’t you wait

some got rude and some got boozy
none went home with black-eyed susie
hey black-eyed susie
you’re a fine one black-eyed susie won’t you wait

black-eyed susie about half grown
jumps on the boys like a dog on a bone
hey black-eyed susie
you got to catch them all don’t you susie won’t you wait

but black-eyed susie is as cute as a daisy
if i don’t pluck her boys i’ll go crazy
hey black-eyed susie
i’m not like all the others won’t you wait

when i asked her to be my wife
she came at me with an oyster knife
hey black-eyed susie
we can talk about the details later won’t you wait

she plugged me through like we was making rain
now the dogs come a-licking round where i lay
hey black-eyed susie
you’re gonna leave me here all a-leaky won’t you wait

hey black-eyed susie
don’t leave me here all a-leaky won’t you wait

Includes lyrics from ‘Black-eyed Susie’ from Best Loved American Folk Songs, collected and arranged by John and Alan Lomax, 1947.

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from Understudy, released December 17, 2017

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Stephen Burch. Problem folk, songs with words.

"Ein Singer-Songwriter ist immer auch Poet. Und Burch ist ein ganz besonderer." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

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