Well I went down
Talk to my shaman
To ask for my Mary's hand
He said there's one thing
That you must do
To prove you'll be a good married man
Gotta take Suzie
To the middle of the forest
You gotta stay all night long
And when you come back
You still love Mary
You can have yo baby's hand
So I traveled to see my sweetheart
Her soul so pure and true
I said darling, you know I love you
But there's something that I gotta do
Gotta take Suzie
To the middle of the forest
I gotta stay all night long
And when I come back, from the middle of the forest
Shaman gon' let you be mine
I went to go find ole Mary
Folks said she hadn't been back home
Since she fell for, little Suzie
They went up the woods, they ain't never coming down
She had to take Suzie to the middle of the forest
Had to stay all night long
She went up, to never come down
Tricky shaman, I understand now