(Nat Stuckey)

I slipped out of the house about sundown
While mama was a washin' her hair
And you can bet your bottom dollar she'll come lookin' for me
When she'll find that I'm not there.

And if she catches her sweet thang slipping around
I know there'll be the debt to pay
'Cause she'll come blowin' like a cyclone right through that door
And I hear exactly what she'll say.

Well, has anybody here seen sweet thang
I got a notion he'd be headed this way
'Cause when my sweet thang's out tomcattin' around
Finds a sandbox like this to play.

I wanna warn all you barroom roses
If my sweet thang should have a bite
You'd better take my advice if you'll blink more than twice
You'd better have somethin' in your eyes.

I gave my baby all my money on payday
Except a little she don't know that I got
'Cause there's a little cute waitress down at the corner cafe
And she seems to like me quite a lot.

We were sittin' in the back booth just a havin' a chair
And she believed in every word that I said
When that door blew open and mama walked in
Yellin' loud enough to wake the dead.

And she said
Well, has anybody here see sweet thang
I got a notion he'd be headed this way
'Cause when my sweet thang's out tomcattin' around
Finds a sandbox like this to play.

I wanna warn all you barroom roses
If my sweet thang should have a bite
You'd better take my advice if you'll blink more than twice
You'd better have somethin' in your eyes...