Says, I'm goin' up town, tell the Chief Police My woman done quit me, I can't see no peace She keep me worried, bothered all the time 'Cause she keep me worried, I'm bothered all the time Says, I love you woman, love your husband, too, I have to love your husband get to be with you, because He don't allow no playin' around his house, because He don't allow no playin' around his house Says, my mama told me, my papa, too, "Don't let no woman be the death of you." 'Cause she didn't all ow me to stay out all night long Because she didn't allow me to stay out all night long What you goin' to do when they tear your barrelhouse down? Goin' to pack my suitcase, hunt some other town, now Gwine to do when they tear your barrelhouse down? Goin' to pack my suitcase, hunt some other town Well, it's everybody's talkin' about your hunkie tunkie blues Everybody's talkin' about your hunkie tunkie blues Well, it's everybody's talkin' about your modern hunkie tunkie blues Well, it's everybody's talkin' about your hunkie tunkie baby You ought to see that curly-headed monkey, hear? Head is curly, baby, and bushy, too 'Cause his head is curly, babe, and bushy, too