Listen to you daddy warn you

Before you start a traveling

Woman may born you

Love you and mourn you

But a woman is a sometime thing

Yes a woman is a sometime thing

Oh a woman is a sometime thing

You mammy is the first to name you

And she'll tie you to her apron string

Then she'll shame you

And she'll blame you

Till you woman comes to claim you

'Cause a woman is a sometime thing

Yes a woman is a sometime thing

Oh a woman is a sometime thing

Don't you never let a woman grieve you

Just 'cause she got you wedding ring

She'll love you and deceive you

Then she'll take you clothes

And leave you

'Cause a woman is a sometime thing

Yes a woman is a sometime thing

Yes a woman is a sometime thing

Yes a woman is a sometime thing