From the 1906 musical “Mrs. Wilson-Andrews”
Words by Ren Shields
Music by Ted Snyder
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I’m weary of my troubles and I’m tired of my woes
I’m packing up my furniture and tying up my clothes
I’ve tried my best to please you, but it really seems no use
For the way you’re acting lately, why there’s really no excuse
There’s just as good goods in the store as any ever bought
There’s just as good fish in the sea as any ever caught
I’m goin’ to get my fishing line, so don’t commence to row
I’m a goin’ to hook another home, so let me tell you now
Chorus:
Goodbye, you good for nothing Andy
Goodbye, you’re goin’ to lose your Mandy
I just know you like a book
From now on man, you are shook
Get somebody else to wash and cook
So long, it’s time I must be going
Farewell, I hear the whistle blowing
You’ve been mighty mean to me
And as we never can agree
So Moses Andrew Jackson, goodbye
2. For you I took in washing and my life I did insure
And also I told fortunes and I learned to manicure
And as a female barber, I worked morning, night and noon
Still you never did respect me like an honest loving coon
From loafing ’round a marble yard, you got a marble heart
At night you’d never see me home, you’d always see me start
I had my palm read yesterday, and though it may sound queer
The palmist man said, “Gal, I think you’re goin’ away from here”