From the recording Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
Erin Harpe’s adaptation of Mississippi John Hurt’s song “Ain’t No Tellin’”.
Lyrics
Make me down a pallet on your floor
Won’t ya make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet, down soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Don’t you let my good man catch you here
Oh don’t you let my good man catch you here
He might shoot you, cut you, even starve you too
Ain’t no tellin what he might do
Won’t ya make me down a pallet on your floor
Oh won’t you make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet, down soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
I’m goin’ up the country to the cold sleet and snow
Goin’ up the country to the cold sleet and snow
I’m goin’ up the country, to the cold sleet and snow
No telling how much further I may go
Won’t ya make me down a pallet on your floor
Oh won’t you make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet, down soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Mmmmmm
Oh won’t you make me
Oh make me a pallet, down soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor
Won’t ya make me down a pallet on your floor
Oh won’t you make me down a pallet on your floor
Make me a pallet, down soft and low
Make me a pallet on your floor