Friends, I have a sad story, a very sad story to tell I married a man for his money, and he's worse than the devil himself So I'll go and I'll get blue bleezin blind drunk, just to give Mickey a warning And then just for spite, I'll stay out all night, and come rolling home drunk in the morning When Mickey comes home in the evening He batters me all black and blue And if I say one word I get splattered From the kitchen right ben to the room Well of whiskey I've never been a lover But what can a poor woman do I'll go and I'll drown all my sorrows How I wish I could drown Mickey too