Skip James — Cherry Ball Blues lyrics

Lyrics

I love my little cherry ball
Better than I love myself
I love my cherry ball
Better than I love myself
Then if she don’t love me She can’t love nobody else
Cherry ball, she quit me Quit me in a nice, good way
Cherry ball, she quit me Quit me in a nice, good way
You know, what it take to get her back
I carries it ev’ryday
Now, I left cherry ball standin'
Standin' in the back do' cryin'
Now, I left cherry ball
Standin' in the back do' cryin'
Of course, I feel her condition
But her trouble ain’t none a-mine
She’s just like a spider
She’s hangin' on the wall
She’s like a spider
She’s hangin' on the wall
You know, she done quit me She quit me without a cause
Now, when she left me She left tears in my eye
Now, when she left me She left tears in my eye
You know, that I love her
But her disposition I do dispise
Now, you can take the Southern
I’m 'on take the Sante Fe Now, you take the Southern
I’m 'on take the Sante Fe
I’m gon' ride an gon' ramble
'Till cherry ball come back to me She got to come on back home to me-ee-ee