An’ bothered all de time.
I wonder whut’s de matter,
Lawd, I can’t see.
You love some other man, sweet woman,
An’ you don’t love me.
Befo’ I’d stay here
An’ let these women mistreat me,
I’d do like a bull frog,
Jump in de deep blue sea.
Wing, however, does not jump into the deep blue sea, although like the other traditional bull frog he does jump from place to place. Concerning the women about whom he sings, he affirmed, “Can’t count ’em, take me day after tomorrow to count ’em. Find fifteen or twenty in different cities. New Orleans best place to find most fastest, mo’ freer women,—person find gang of ’em in minute.