(Thousand Mile Blues)
A fox trot song from 1921
Words and music by Phil Baxter
Arranged by F. R. Fuller
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. O people, I got a gal, sev’n feet tall
Sleeps in the kitchen, with her feet in the hall
She’s got a sister lives across the lake
She can shake and shiver like a rattlesnake
Thousand mile, thousand mile
Ho, honey, follow me
I’m stone blind, can’t see a wink
All I need is one good drink
All day long, all night, too
This is all I ever do
I’m dry, I’m dry, Honey, follow me
Chorus:
My gal, my pal, I’m blue clear thru
My gal, my pal, I’m true to you
Thousand years, thousand years
Honey follow me
My gal, my pal, I’m blue clear thru
My gal, my pal, I’m true to you
Thousand years, thousand years
Honey follow me
2. Now let me tell you this gal sure is sweet
You must know she’s there with the jazzerine feet
What is more, she shakes a wicked knee
She has made an awful cripple of me
Thousand mile, thousand mile
Ho, honey, follow me
I’ve been here since way last fall
But the folks ’round here don’t know me ‘tall
So, you’d better take this opportunity
To pack your grip and follow me
Thousand mile, thousand mile
Ho, honey, follow me