Sam and Delilah - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Delilah was a floozy

She never gave a damn

Delilah wasn’t choosy

Till she fell

For a swell

Buckaroo whose name was Sam

Delilah got in action

Delilah did her kootch

She gave him satisfaction

And he fell

'Neath her spell

With the aid of love and hooch

But one day so they tell us

His true wife he did crave

Delilah she got jealous

And she tracked him

And hacked him

And dug for Sam a grave

It’s always that way with passion

So cowboy, learn to behave

Or else you’re liable to cash in

With no tombstone on your grave

Delilah, oh Delilah

She’s no babe in the wood

Run, cowboy, run a mile-ah

If you love

That kind of

Woman she’ll do you no good

The sheriff got Delilah

They swung her from a tree

The records are on file-ah

It’s distressin'

But the lesson

Is an easy one to see

It’s always that way with passion

So, cowboy, learn to behave

Or else you’re liable to cash in

With no tombstone on your grave

Delilah, oh Delilah

She’s no babe in the wood

Run, cowboy, run a mile-ah

If you love

That kind of

Woman she’ll do you no good