Sweet Thang

I slipped out of the house about sundown While mama was a-washin' her hair You can bet your bottom dollar she'll come lookin' for me When she finds that I'm not there If she catches her sweet thang a-runnin' around I know there'll be the devil to pay She'll come blowin' like a cyclone right through that door And I can hear exactly what she'll say Well, has anybody here seen sweet thang? I got a notion he'll be headed this way (tell 'em 'bout me, honey) 'Cause when my sweet thang's out tomocattin' around He'll find a sandbox like this to play (right on) I wanna tell all you barroom roses If my sweet thang does happen by You better take my advice and if you blink more than twice You better have somethin' in your eyes I give my baby all my money on payday Except a little she don't know that I got 'Cause there's a cute little waitress at the corner café And she seems to like me quite a lot While we were sittin' in this back booth, a-havin' a talk She's believin' every word that I said When the door blew open and Melba walked in Yellin' loud enough to wake the dead Well, has anybody here seen my sweet thang? I got a notion he'll be headed this a way 'Cause when my sweet thang is out tomocattin' around He'll find a sandbox like this to play I wanna tell all you capemen cuties If my sweet thang does happen by (I'm a rascal too) You better take my advice, and if you blink more than twice You better have somethin' in your eyes (she ain't kiddin' either) Yeah, take my advice, if you blink more than twice You better have somethin' in your eye (she won me an old gal)