Devotion to Sam

The ocean’s wide, and I can’t step it; 
I love Sam and I can’t help it. 
But there ain’t no mule 
Had a harder life 
Than I 
Tryin’ to be Sam’s wife. 

These young engaged gals, 
Tryin’ to show me somethin’ — 
The rickety wagon ain’t had ’em, 
They ain’t felt the bumpin’ 
When your foot’s so flat 
From Palmer housing ‘roun’ 
‘Til an ant don’t venture 
Between it and the groun’. 
You can ‘fess to yourself 
They ain’t no man livin’ 
Worth the price you done give. 
But you just keep on givin’.