I Had Me a Girl

I had me a girl

Who taught me those things

A young man should know

Down, down on my knees

I’d beg and I’d plead

To learn a little bit more

Oh that woman taught me to pray

I saw Heaven every day

Lord, she could

Oooooooo

Ooooooohhhhohhhh

Ooooooo

Ooooohhhhhhhhhh

I had me a boy

Who buttoned me down

Drew me a line

He, he washed me as clean

As a sinner could be

Showed me the light

Oh that boy, he taught me to pray

But for all of his spit-shinin’ ways

Lord, he could

Oooooooo

Ooooooohhhhohhhh

Ooooooo

Ooooohhhhhhhhhh

I had me a girl

Like cigarette smoke

She came and she went

I slipped through his hands

To my back door man

Under his chin

Oh that woman taught me to pray

But for all her wandering ways

She could

Oooooooo

Ooooooohhhhohhhh

Ooooooo

Ooooohhhhhhhhhh