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.
and you left me here behind.
dressed in your checkered suit,
Shorty Jo, dressed in your checkered suit
and you took away all my loot
and she said, that's fine
Then you both took a train
you ain't no friend of mine
Shorty Jo, Shorty Jo, Shorty Jo, Shorty Jo,
Shorty Jo, you ain't no friend of mine
when it's hangin' on the vine
when it's hangin' on the vine
But, Shorty Joe, you took that melon of mine
who was always good and true
who was always good and true
but, Shorty, you got there, too
Shake them all up, that's Shorty Joe
you ain't no friend of mine
you ain't no friend of mine
but the girls think you're so sweet
but the girls think you're so sweet
beside those two big feet
when Shorty Joe comes back
Says he knows me, pass mine by
he ain't no friend of mine
Shorty Joe, you ain't no friend of mine
Shorty Joe, you ain't no friend of mine