Shorty Joe, Shorty Joe, Shorty Joe,
Shorty Joe, Shorty Joe,
you ain't no friend of mine.
Shorty Joe, you ain't no friend of mine.
Shorty Joe, you ain't no friend of mine.
You took my baby
and you left me here behind.
Oh, Shorty Joe,
dressed in your checkered suit,
Shorty Jo, dressed in your checkered suit
You took my gal
and you took away all my loot
You gave her a ring
and she said, that's fine
Then you both took a train
down the Baltimore line
Oh, Shorty Jo,
you ain't no friend of mine
Shorty Jo, Shorty Jo, Shorty Jo, Shorty Jo,
Shorty Jo, you ain't no friend of mine
Oh, the melody's sweeter
when it's hangin' on the vine
Oh, the melon is sweeter
when it's hangin' on the vine
But, Shorty Joe, you took that melon of mine
I had another woman
who was always good and true
Yes, I had another woman
who was always good and true
Had her locked in jail,
but, Shorty, you got there, too
Take the loaded dice
and the phony dope
Shake them all up, that's Shorty Joe
Oh, Shorty Joe,
you ain't no friend of mine
Shorty Joe, Shorty Joe,
Shorty Joe, Shorty Joe
Shorty Joe,
you ain't no friend of mine
You're little and mean,
but the girls think you're so sweet
You're little and mean,
but the girls think you're so sweet
You must have something
beside those two big feet
So here we go talking,
walking down the track
So here we go talkin',
walkin' down the track
And we won't be here
when Shorty Joe comes back
If you see a little man
with a gleam in his eye
Says he knows me, pass mine by
Cause Shorty Joe,
he ain't no friend of mine
Shorty Joe, Shorty Joe,
Shorty Joe, Shorty Joe
Shorty Joe, you ain't no friend of mine
Shorty Joe, you ain't no friend of mine
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