Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home
As performed by: John Hartford
Morning Bugle
Transcribed by:  Verne Garrison
Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of C
VG note...only the chorus is sung on the clip that I have from Morning Bugle.
  I added lyrics from Allen's Archive per below and added chords based on the chorus done by John Hartford.

VG note:Following from: Allen`s archive of early and old 

country music.

(Played by Jerry Garcia with Marshall Leicester and Robert 

Hunter at the Carlos Bookstall in July 1961. It often 

circulates on tapes as "No One To Stand By Me." Other titles 

include "Way Down Town." Thanks to Matt Schofield for the 

lyrics.)

03/27/2011 Note from moderator: I've changed the lyrics to match those sung by 
John on the Morning Bugle album. There are scores of variations of this song 
but those should be reserved for other fora.

         C              F            C
    Late last night when my Willie come home
                                     G7
    and I heard this mighty rapping on the door
         C                  F          C
    Slipping and a sliding with his new shoes on
                          G7      C
    Willie don't you rap no more

    Chorus
       C            F       C
     Oh me, oh my
                             G7
    What's going to become of me
          C             F       C
    I's downtown, just a fooling around
                   G7  C 
    Mama don't you cry for me

    I know just what you promised me 
    Not more than three weeks ago
    You promised that you'd marry me 
    Standing there on your mama's kitchen floor
   
    (chorus)

    Now if I'd listened to what my mama said
    I wouldn't be sitting here tonight
    Picking and a singing on this old banjo
    Mama don't you cry for me

   (chorus)
   (chorus)