Roberta
Oh Roberta
honey where you been so long
Oh Roberta
honey where you been so long
Yes I been 'cross the country
with my long clothes on
(He went down to see Roberta. And Roberta was running on them freight/passenger trains. And she got tired of seeing him at the station. And she went to running on the steamboat. He went down on the banks of the river. When he got on the banks of the river, he looked way up the river for Roberta.)
Oh Roberta
sit down on my knee
Oh Roberta
sit down on my knee
Got a lot to tell you
that's been worrying me
Way up the river
far as I can see
Way up the river
far as I can see
Well I thought I spied my
old time used to be
(He thought he spied Roberta; 't was nothing but a cypress tree.)
Lord I thought I spied my
old time used to be
Yes I thought I spied my
old time used to be
And it was not nothing
honey, but a cypress tree
(When he was down on the river, sitting on the banks of the river, when Roberta come along.)
Honey I'm down on the river
sitting all on the ground
Way down on the river
sitting all on the ground
Gonna stay right here Lord
until Roberta come down
Oh Roberta
tell me where you been so long
Oh Roberta
tell me where you been so long
'Cross the country
with my long clothes on
Roberta:
Oh Roberta
what in the world you mean
Tell me Roberta
what in the world you mean
Honey the way you treat me
'se'n berta and he talked to her. Roberta wouldn't pay him no attention. He tore up to the police station and he told the chief of police. When he got up there he said to the chief of police.)
Well I'm going to the station
gonna tell the chief police
Yes I'm going to the station
gonna tell the chief police
Roberta done quit me
I can't see no peace
(The police asked him How in the world you gonna know Roberta from any other brown-skin. 'Cause all of 'em is brown-skin now. The black women is brown-skin: they got so much high brown powder, you can't tell a black woman from a brown-skin. He looked at the policeman and here's what he said:)
She's a brown-skin woman
got black wavy hair
She's a brown-skin woman
got black wavy hair
And I can't describe her
I find her most any where
(The policeman goes on down to the landing with him. And walked up and talked to Roberta. Here's what the police told him.)
Tell me Roberta
what's the matter with you
Tell me Roberta
what's the matter with yon
This man ain't got nobody to
take his troubles to
honey where you been so long
Oh Roberta
honey where you been so long
Yes I been 'cross the country
with my long clothes on
(He went down to see Roberta. And Roberta was running on them freight/passenger trains. And she got tired of seeing him at the station. And she went to running on the steamboat. He went down on the banks of the river. When he got on the banks of the river, he looked way up the river for Roberta.)
Oh Roberta
sit down on my knee
Oh Roberta
sit down on my knee
Got a lot to tell you
that's been worrying me
Way up the river
far as I can see
Way up the river
far as I can see
Well I thought I spied my
old time used to be
(He thought he spied Roberta; 't was nothing but a cypress tree.)
Lord I thought I spied my
old time used to be
Yes I thought I spied my
old time used to be
And it was not nothing
honey, but a cypress tree
(When he was down on the river, sitting on the banks of the river, when Roberta come along.)
Honey I'm down on the river
sitting all on the ground
Way down on the river
sitting all on the ground
Gonna stay right here Lord
until Roberta come down
Oh Roberta
tell me where you been so long
Oh Roberta
tell me where you been so long
'Cross the country
with my long clothes on
Roberta:
Oh Roberta
what in the world you mean
Tell me Roberta
what in the world you mean
Honey the way you treat me
'se'n berta and he talked to her. Roberta wouldn't pay him no attention. He tore up to the police station and he told the chief of police. When he got up there he said to the chief of police.)
Well I'm going to the station
gonna tell the chief police
Yes I'm going to the station
gonna tell the chief police
Roberta done quit me
I can't see no peace
(The police asked him How in the world you gonna know Roberta from any other brown-skin. 'Cause all of 'em is brown-skin now. The black women is brown-skin: they got so much high brown powder, you can't tell a black woman from a brown-skin. He looked at the policeman and here's what he said:)
She's a brown-skin woman
got black wavy hair
She's a brown-skin woman
got black wavy hair
And I can't describe her
I find her most any where
(The policeman goes on down to the landing with him. And walked up and talked to Roberta. Here's what the police told him.)
Tell me Roberta
what's the matter with you
Tell me Roberta
what's the matter with yon
This man ain't got nobody to
take his troubles to
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