Merline Johnson

He Roars Like A Lion

Merline Johnson


I don't fool around with women 
All's I crave is men 
I don't around with women 
All's I crave is men 
When my best man walks in 
That's where my love, begins 

Well, ev'rytime I see yo picture 
Hangin' in the frame 
Well, ev'rytime I see yo picture 
Hangin' in the frame 
You used to play cards, daddy 
But you didn't no the game 

Well, he roars like a lion 
An he hop like a kangroo 
Well, he roars like a lion 
An he hop like a kangroo 
An if I get that man back 
I don't know what I'll do 

When my baby left me 
I was standin' in my do' 
When my baby left me 
I was standin' in my door 
I was cryin' an beggin' 
'Daddy, please don't go' 
(piano) 

Well, he wrote me a letter 
Nothin' in it but a note 
Well, he wrote me a letter 
Nothin' in it but a note 
I sat right down and wrote him 
You know I ain't no billy goat.