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Sally, Don't You Grieve

by Woody Guthrie with Cisco Houston (16 Apr 1944)


    I just got my army call
    And I run down to the army hall.
    Sally come a-runnin' like a cannonball
    And I told her not to grieve after me.

      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      And I told her not to grieve after me.

    I'm a-gonna cross that ocean wide
    Army rifle by my side
    When Hitler's beat you can be my bride
    But I told her not to grieve after me.

      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      And I told her not to grieve after me.

    I'm a-gonna jump in a flyin' machine
    A-loaded full of this-a TNT
    Stop old Hitler what I mean
    And I told her not to grieve after me.

      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      And I told her not to grieve after me.

    A souvenir I'll send to you
    Send Hirohito and Hitler, too
    That's about all one feller can do
    But I told her not to grieve after me.

      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      And I told her not to grieve after me.

    Sally, get a job and save your pay
    Work your best for the U.S.A.
    Write me a letter 'bout ever' day
    And I told her not to grieve after me.

      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      And I told her not to grieve after me.

    If a blackout comes to the old home town
    Sally, won't you pull your curtains down
    If a shade goes up and a ship goes down
    I told her not to grieve after me.

      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
      And I told her not to grieve after me.






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