Sally Don't You Grieve Songtext
von Woody Guthrie

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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


Oh, 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

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

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

Oh, 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