Pallet on the Floor

folk song / traditional, jazz

Info

This song is considered a blues / jazz / folk song and is in the standard repertoire. Jelly Roll Morton is quoted as saying A pallet is “a bed that’s made on a floor without any four posters on ’em.” (source)

Lyrics

(folk song)

Refrain
You made me a pallet on the floor,
Yes, you made me a pallet on the floor,
When I had no place to go,
You opened up your door,
And you made me a pallet on the floor.

1. Oh I was sad and so dissatisfied,
Yes, I was sad and so dissatisfied,
I was sad and so dissatisfied that I nearly cried,
Then you made me a pallet on the floor. Refrain

2. Oh I won’t come around here anymore,
No, I won’t come around here anymore,
But if I’ll ever do, it’ll be because of you,
‘Cause you made me a pallet on the floor. Refrain

3. So don’t turn a good friend from your home,
No, don’t turn a good friend from your home,
For maybe there’ll come a day that you will roam
And be looking for a pallet on the floor. Refrain