Winnie the Wailer

Winnie the Wailer - Lonnie Johnson

Boys you ever heard that tale 'bout Winnie the Wailer

She fell in love with that redhead sailor

Boy he made her fall and she fell hard

Then he left poor Winnie flat in the navy yard

Cryin' boo hoo hoo

She said "Boo hoo hoo "

Now she moaned all day

And she wailed all night

Because that sailor man didn't do her right

Then she traveled 'round

From 'Frisco to China

She met a guy way over in Asia Minor

He got a kiss on that very first trip

He promised her that ride on that battle ship

She cried "Boo hoo hoo

I'll get even with you

She says "Now you may smile

Then you may frown

But I can't let you keep poor Winnie down "

Then she met sailor man named Popeye the Skipper

When she was mean boy how he used to whip her

He loved ta fight 'n and she was tough

He had to leave her 'cause she plays too rough

Ship ahoy

Ah ship ahoy

She knows her Qs

And she knows her Ps

Now poor Winnie sails them seven seas

Now then she met a sailor man he knowed the ocean

He fell in love with her give her his devotion

He says "I put a many a gal on the spot

Ah but Minnie you got me tied in that sailor's knot "

I said "I'll get even with you

Ah I'll get even with you "

Now boy one day the hearse stop

At poor Winnie's door

And now she can't wail no more