The moon is so full, an owl winks just once You offer to dance with me You cradle my body in safety and warmth And a sweet wind blows through the trees Step to a one and a two and a three Step to a four, five and six Spin your little girl three times on her love And your lover picks up sticks To you, to you, your love sticks to you Like you wished for a million times The skies are parting, the clouds fill with rain And a lonesome church bell chimes The rain cracks the sky like tears of joy The rain makes mischief in her hair Your love needs a comb, won't you please take me home For a towel and some dry things are there? I tripped in my chill, got a hand from ol' Bill The man with the porcupine face You grabbed my little wrist and you gave it a kiss You said, "Old Bill'd never take your place" To you, to you, straight home to you Take her to your spot on the map Give a taste of your love and a taste of your strap Give her someone to answer to You are my sunshine, I pull the drapes shut tight It's curtains for you, goodbye The cat's in the bag, the bag's in the river The river makes me cry Your hands, my heart, what's so hard about that? Nothin' 'cept I can't be your wife I loved that boy till death do us part Till the evening I took his life To you, to you, straight up to you Into your charitable hands Take care of him, Jesus, I know you'll do what's best Lay his wicked soul to rest Take care of him, Jesus I know you'll do what's best Lay his wicked soul to rest