False Hearted Lover's Blues

False hearts have been my downfall Pretty women have been my craze I'm sure my false hearted lover Will drive me to my lonesome grave They'll bite the hand that feeds them Spend all the money you can save From your heart strings weave silk garters Build a dog house on your grave When my earthly stay is over Sink my dead body in the sea Just tell my false hearted lover That the whales will watch over me Ragged clothes dropping from my body The wolf howls around my door The man who won my darling girl Will feel the bite of my forty four Corn whiskey has wrecked my body A false hearted lover is a bearing on my mind I've roamed the whole world over Pleasure on earth I cannot find When my earthly stay is over Sink my dead body in the sea Just tell my false hearted lover That the whales will watch over me If I meet my darling girl again I'll tell her all about my troubles Give her these false hearted lover's blues And leave her stranded in the shallows All men take this timely warning It is both for young and old Don't try to buy a woman's love With the last dollar of your gold Take warning you fair young ladies If your love and honor you have sold The men will have no use for you When your dark hair turns to gold When my earthly stay is over Sink my dead body in the sea Just tell my false hearted lover That the whales will watch over me