Early Evening Quarrel

Where is that sugar, Hammond,
I sent you this morning to buy?
I say, where is that sugar
I sent you this morning to buy?
Coffee without sugar
Makes a good woman cry.

I ain’t got no sugar, Hattie,
I gambled your dime away.
Ain’t got no sugar, I
Done gambled that dime away.
If you’s a wise woman, Hattie,
You ain’t gonna have nothin to say.

I ain’t no wise woman, Hammond.
I am evil and mad.
Ain’t no sense in a good woman
Bein treated so bad.

I don’t treat you bad, Hattie,
Neither does I treat you good.
But I reckon I could treat you
Worser if I would.

Lawd, these things we women
Have to stand
I wonder is there nowhere a
Do-right man?