Make Me a Pallet - Mississippi Fred McDowell

Make me down a pallet on your floor

Make me down

Make me a pallet down, soft and low

Make me a pallet on your floor

Oh make me down

Make me down

Make me a pallet down, soft and low

Make me a pallet on your floor

Up the country

Up the country by the cold sleet and snow

I’m going up the country

By the cold sleet and slow

No telling how much further I may go

Oh make me down, make me down

Make me a pallet down, soft and low

Make me a pallet on your floor

Well, sleeping, my back and shoulders tire

Way I’m sleeping, my back and shoulders tire

The way I’m sleeping, my back and shoulders tired

Gonna turn over and try it on the side

Oh make me down, make me down

Make me a pallet down, soft and low

Make me a pallet on your floor

Don’t you let my good girl catch you here

Please don’t let my good girl catch you here

Oh she might shoot you

Might cut and starve you too

No telling what she might do

Oh make me down

Make me down a pallet on your floor

Make me a pallet down, soft and low

Make me a pallet on your floor