The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU

YOU LEFT ME AND YOU WENT AWAY, YOU
SAID YOU'LD BE BACK IN JUST A DAY, YOU'VE BROKEN EVERY PROMISE YOU
LEFT ME ALL ALONE, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DID DEAR, BUT I DO KNOW
THAT YOU'RE GONE. (CHORUS) I'M WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU, I CAN'T
SLEEP A WINK, THAT IS TRUE, I'M HOPING AND I'M PRAYING AS MY
HEART BREAKS RIGHT IN TWO, WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU. NOW
DARLING, YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU WELL, LOVE YOU MORE THAN I COULD
EVER TELL, I THOUGHT THAT YOU WANTED ME AND ALWAYS WOULD BE MINE,
BUT YOU WENT AND LEFT ME HERE WITH TROUBLES ON MY MIND.
(REPEAT CHORUS) SOMEDAY YOU MAY BE LONESOME TOO, WALKING THE
FLOOR IS GOOD FOR YOU, JUST KEEP RIGHT ON A-WALKING AND IT WON'T
HURT YOU TO CRY, REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU AND I WILL UNTIL I DIE.
(REPEAT CHORUS)

Where learned: DETROIT

Date learned: CA00001973