Pallet on the Floor Lyrics

The song Pallet on the Floor is performed by Mississippi John Hurt in the album named D.C. Blues: Library of Congress Recordings in the year 2004 .



Make me down a pallet on your floor.
F C
Make me down...
E F
Make me down a pallet down, soft and low
C G C
Make me a pallet on your floor.


F C
Up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow.
F C
I'm going up the country where the cold, sleet and snow.
E F
I'm going up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow.
C G C
No tellin' how much further I may go.


(Repeat 1st Verse)


F C
Don't you let my good girl catch you here.
F C
Please Don't let my good girl catch you here.
E F
Oh she, might shoot you, liable to cut and starve you too.
C G C
No tellin' what she might do.


(Repeat 1st Verse)


F C
Make it baby, close behind your door.
F C
Make it baby, close behind the door.
E F
Make me a pallet, close behind the door.
C G C
Make it where your good man will never go.



Mississippi John Hurt - D.C. Blues: Library of Congress Recordings

May 2004

  1. Richlands Women Blues
  2. Frankie and Albert
  3. Trouble I've Had All My Day
  4. Pera-Lee
  5. Stockwell
  6. Got the Blues That Can't Be Satisfied
  7. Talking Casey Jones
  8. Stackolee
  9. Slidin' Delta
  10. Corrina, Corrina
  11. Hey, Baby, Right Away
  12. Pallet on the Floor
  13. Waiting for a Train
  14. Spanish Flangdang
  15. Shortenin' Bread
  16. Oh Mary Don't You Weep
  17. Do Lord Remember Me
  18. Over in the Glory Land
  19. Glory Glory Hallelujah
  20. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
  21. Where Shall I Be
  22. Weeping and Waiting
  23. Joe Turner
  24. If You Don't Want Me [Version #2]
  25. Rubber Dolly
  26. Keep Me Knockin' (You Can't Come In)

Pallet on the Floor