To make me a pallet on the floor. [ Roud 13930; Ballad Index Handy190; trad. I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Come on all you good time friends of mine Published 3/6/00. Doo, she might shoot you, cut and stump you too F C I'm going up the country where the cold, sleet and snow. Ethel Waters starred in both the stage and film version of Cabin in the Sky. Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet down, soft and low Get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee Then maybe my good gal she won't know, Now the way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Then maybe my good gal she won't know, I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Please don't let my good girl catch you here I told you I's a-commin' soon, you'd better look for me, Honey, I can't lay down on your bed The movie also starred Lena Horne and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. © 2021 METROLYRICS, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Make me down a pallet on your floor The way I'm sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I'm sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I'm sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Gonna roll around and try my other side Yeah, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Ain't no telling just how fur I'll go One jazz historian states that the song "could have been sung around New Orleans in the mid-1890s." Make me a pallet down, soft and low Ain't no tellin' what o' she might do, Ooh, make me down a pallet on your floor Don't you let my good girl catch you here Make me a pallet down, soft and low Yes, you know that I can't lay down 'cross your pretty bed The composition probably originates from the end of the nineteenth century. Return to the Heptune Jazz and Blues Lyrics Page. One: Strains from the Alleys." Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Ain't no tellin' just how fur I'll go Make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Oh make me down. C G C No tellin' how much further I may go. Make me down a pallet on your floor The way I'm sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I'm sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I'm sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Gonna roll around and try my other side Yeah, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low Make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor When I reach Atlanta and got no place to go Make me a pallet on your floor. Ethel Waters, "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Columbia 14125-D, 1926) CROSS-REFERENCES: cf. It appeared in sheet music in 1908 as part of "Blind Boone's Southern Rag Medley No. Go to the Ballad Index Instructions Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography. F C Up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow. Make me a pallet on your floor Oh make me down Make me down Make me a pallet down, soft and low Make me a pallet on your floor Up the country Up the country by the cold sleet and snow I'm going up the country By the cold sleet and slow No telling how much further I may go Oh make me down Make me down Make me a pallet down, soft and low Make me a pallet on your floor Well sleeping, my … HOT SONG: 21 Savage x Metro Boomin - "My Dawg​" - LYRICS, NEW SONG: Rod Wave - POP SMOKE - "MOOD SWINGS" ft. Lil Tjay - LYRICS, NEW SONG: AC/DC - "Shot In The Dark" - LYRICS, The 18 Greatest Revenge Songs of All Time, NEW SONG: Shawn Mendes - "Wonder" - LYRICS, Match These Taylor Swift Songs to Her Ex-Boyfriends. Mississippi John Hurt playing Make Me a Pallet on the Floor. Then maybe my good gal she won't know Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Oh she might shoot you, Might cut and starve you too Make me down a pallet on your floor 'cause my good woman she might kill me dead, And don't you let my good gal catch you here Gonna turn over and try it on the side I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow I'm goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow Ain't no telling just how fur I'll go Way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tire Make me a pallet on your floor, Well, sleeping, my back and shoulders tire The recording has a similar sound to This Train and so tends to the record company's idea of what a folk song should sound like, as opposed to a folk club's idea. Oh make me down, make me down, Make me a pallet down, soft and low Don't drive me, honey, from your door, Just make me a pallet on the floor; Why, any kind of bed, so I can rest my weary head; Oh, please take me in your arms once more. Make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor When I reach Atlanta and have no place to go Make me a pallet on your floor These blues are everywhere I see Weary blues are everywhere I see Blues all around me, everywhere I see Nobody's had these blues like me … There are 60 lyrics related to Make Me A Pallet On The Floor. Oh make me down, make me down Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know. Sam Chatmon performs "Make Me A Pallet On the Floor," vocal and guitar. No telling what she might do E F Make me down a pallet down, soft and low C G C Make me a pallet on your floor. Make me down Make me a pallet down, soft and low Make me a pallet on your floor Up the country Up the country by the cold sleet and snow I'm going up the country. Make me a pallet on your floor. Up the country Thinking goin' turn over, tryin' sleepin' on my side, Ooh, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Well, make me down, make me down a pallet on your floor Well, make me down, make me a pallet, baby, make it soft and low Make it when your good girl will never go E F I'm going up the country, where the cold, sleet and snow. (Make that pallet, honey). Oh make me down, Make me down Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low When I'm broke and I got nowhere to go. A. Johnson] Sandy Denny sang Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor in a session with the Johnny Silvo group on 22 March 1967. I'm going up the country, By the cold sleet and slow Make me down Make Me A Pallet On The Floor lyrics performed by Lucinda Williams: Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know Honey, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Honey, make it down, make it soft and low Then maybe my good gal she won't know. The way I'm sleeping, my back and shoulders tired Goin' up the country through the sleedin' snow "The lyrics first appear in a 1911 article by folklorist Howard Odum, who had transcribed them fr… I'm just a lonesome rollin' stone, So tired of being all alone, If it's for only one night, please, I ask you on my knees, To make me a pallet on the floor. Make me down a pallet on your floor Ain't no telling just how fur I'll go, I get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee "Chilly Winds" (floating lyrics) File: Handy190. Oh make me down Sandy recorded this song live with the Johnny Silvo Four in June 1967, which was broadcast by the BBC World Service on “The Johnny Silvo Four” programme in January 1968. You know that I can't lay down on your bed Make me down a pallet on your floor Been hanging 'round with a good-time friends of mine Hanging around with a good-time friends of mine Oh, they treat me very nice and kind When I've got a dollar and a dime. The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Lucinda Williams Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Lyrics. Up the country by the cold sleet and snow A 1906 report in the Indianapolis Freeman referred to a performance of the song by "The Texas Teaser, Bennie Jones". Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low When I'm broke and I got nowhere to go Been hanging 'round with a good-time friends of mine Hanging around with a good-time friends of mine Oh, they treat me very nice and kind When I've got a dollar and a dime Weary blues everywhere I see ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Make me a pallet on your floor Make me a pallet on your floor And don't let it worry your mind If I don't wake up no more I've never slept before It's gonna feel alright Songwriters: Publisher: Go to the Ballad Search form Go to the Ballad Index Song List. Related artists: Make me famous, On the way, 2 brothers on the 4th floor, Blood on the dance floor, Fiddler on the roof, New kids on the block, Rin on the rox, Blood on the risers. I get my breakfast here and my dinner in Tennessee No don't you let my good gal catch you here The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Now the way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired The way I've been sleepin' my back and shoulders' tired Thinking goin' turn over, tryin' sleepin' on my side. Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor is a traditional folk song, adapted by Sandy Denny and featured on a number of albums. No telling how much further I may go Make me a pallet on your floor for I;m going to my long lonesome home who'll rock your cradlle when I'm gone Make me a pallet on your floor for I;m going to my long lonesome home who'll stir your gravy when I'm gone Make me a pallet on your floor for I;m going to my long lonesome home I'm going where them chilly winds don't blow Make me a pallet on your floor for I;m going to my long lonesome home arr. These blues are every where I see weary blues are every where I see Blues are all around me every where I see Nobody’s had these blues as bad as me. Choose one of the browsed Make Me A Pallet On The Floor lyrics, get the lyrics and watch the video. Make me a pallet down, soft and low Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had minor roles. Make me down a pallet on your floor