You Can Take My Man but You Can't Keep Him - Alberta Hunter

Down in Alabam' lived a guy called Sam

He had a gal, a pure-skin brown

Until a brand-new vampire came to town

Stole Sam right away

He was with her night and day

And when

And I heard her whisper «I don’t care»

Now you can take my man, but you sure can’t keep him long

You can take my man, but I swear you do it wrong

'Cause he loves nobody but me

Lord,, you’ll see

When you wake up some morning, find your good man gone

Now you can take my man, and I won’t get mad with you

Oh, 'cause he’s so stubborn, and he knows just what he wants to do

Strut your stuff, go on girl

He’s yours now, but I’ll tell the world

You can take my man, but you sure can’t keep him long

Lord, you can take my man, but you sure can’t keep him long

Oh, you can take my man, but I swear you do it wrong

'Cause he loves nobody but me

Lord,, you’ll see

When you wake up some morning, find your good man gone

Now you can take my man, and I won’t get mad with you

Oh, 'cause he’s so stubborn, and he knows just what he wants to do

, he’s the man for me

You’ll have to buy him a pot of tea

You can take my man, but you sure can’t keep him long