Sally Don't You Grieve Lyrics

I just got my army call
And I run down to the army hall.
Sally come a-runnin' like a cannonball
And I told her not to grieve after me.

It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
It's-a when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve
And I told her not to grieve after me.

I'm a-gonna cross that ocean wide
Army rifle by my side
When Hitler's beat you can be my bride
But I told her not to grieve after me.

I'm a-gonna jump in a flyin' machine
A-loaded full of this-a TNT
Stop old Hitler what I mean
And I told her not to grieve after me.

A souvenir I'll send to you
Send Hirohito and Hitler, too
That's about all one feller can do
But I told her not to grieve after me.

Sally, get a job and save your pay
Work your best for the U.S.A.
Write me a letter 'bout ever' day
And I told her not to grieve after me.

If a blackout comes to the old home town
Sally, won't you pull your curtains down
If a shade goes up and a ship goes down
I told her not to grieve after me.

Woody Guthrie - Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3

May 1998

1. Hard Traveling
2. Farmer-Labor Train
3. Howdjadoo
4. Ship in the Sky
5. I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore
6. Mean Talking Blues
7. Better World A-Comin'
8. Miss Pavlichenko
9. So Long It's Been Good to Know You (War Version)
10. New Found Land
11. Oregon Trail
12. Vigilante Man
13. 1913 Massacre
14. Talking Columbia
15. Two Good Men
16. Sally Don't You Grieve
17. Talking Sailor (Talking Merchant Marine)
18. What are We Waiting On
19. Railroad Blues (Cripple Creek)
20. Ludlow Massacre
21. Ladies Auxilary
22. Miner's Song
23. When the Yanks Go Marching In
24. Union Maid
25. The Rubaiyat
26. The Many and the Few
27. Hanukkah Dance