Bed on Your Floor is one of Woody Guthrie’s songs and lyrics in the public domain, published in 1946.
An illustration for the story Bed on Your Floor by the author Woody Guthrie
Guthrie’s Songbook, 1946
Chorus:
Make me a bed right down on your floor
Make me a bed right down on your floor
I’ll rest my head in a bed on your floor.
Verses:
I’m a poor lonesome boy, I’m a long ways from home
I’m a poor lonesome boy, I’m a long way from home
And I’ll rest my head in a bed on your floor.
Sheriff on my trail with a big forty-four
Sheriff on my trail with a big forty-four
And I’ll rest my head in a bed on your floor.
Woody
Clock striking midnight and daylight to go
Clock striking midnight and daylight to go
And I’ll rest my head in a bed on your floor.
Pull down your shade and lock up your door
Pull down your shade and lock up your door
And I’ll rest my head in a bed on your floor.
That bully of the town won’t bully me no more
That bully of the town won’t bully me no more
‘Cause I laid him dead on the old bar room floor.
I laid a man dead down on the floor
I laid a man dead down on the floor
So I’ll rest my head in a bed on your floor.
Make me a bed right down on your floor
Make me a bed right down on your floor
Baby I’ll rest my head in a bed on your floor.
