You've Been A Good Old Wagon

You' Ve Been A Good Old Wagon - Bessie Smith

Ooka here Daddy I want to tell you

Please get out of my sight

I'm playing quits now right from this very night

You've had your day Don't sit around and frown

You've been a good old wagon

Daddy but you done broke down

Now you'd better go the blacksmith shop

And get yourself overhauled

There's nothing about you

To make a good woman fall

Nobody wants a baby

When a real man can be found

You've been a good old wagon

Daddy but you done broke down

When the sun is shining

It's time to make hay

Automobiles operate

You can't make your wagon pay

When you were in your prime

You liked to run around

You've been a good old wagon

Honey but you done broke down

There's no need to cry and make a big show

This man knows more about loving

Than you will ever know

He is the king of loving

This man deserves a crown

He is a good old wagon

Daddy and he ain't broke down