The moon is so full, an owl winks just once   You offer to dance with me   You cradle my body in safety and warmth   And a sweet wind blows through the trees      Step to a one and a two and a three   Step to a four, five and six   Spin your little girl three times on her love   And your lover picks up sticks      To you, to you, your love sticks to you   Like you wished for a million times   The skies are parting, the clouds fill with rain   And a lonesome church bell chimes      The rain cracks the sky like tears of joy   The rain makes mischief in her hair   Your love needs a comb, won't you please take me home   For a towel and some dry things are there?      I tripped in my chill, got a hand from ol' Bill   The man with the porcupine face   You grabbed my little wrist and you gave it a kiss   You said, "Old Bill'd never take your place"      To you, to you, straight home to you   Take her to your spot on the map   Give a taste of your love and a taste of your strap   Give her someone to answer to      You are my sunshine, I pull the drapes shut tight   It's curtains for you, goodbye   The cat's in the bag, the bag's in the river   The river makes me cry      Your hands, my heart, what's so hard about that?   Nothin' 'cept I can't be your wife   I loved that boy till death do us part   Till the evening I took his life      To you, to you, straight up to you   Into your charitable hands   Take care of him, Jesus, I know you'll do what's best   Lay his wicked soul to rest      Take care of him, Jesus   I know you'll do what's best   Lay his wicked soul to rest