Lucille

The speaker is addressing Lucille, someone he still loves even though she has married. He asks her to return and says he will not let her go. The mood moves between pleading affection and worry: when he wakes and finds her gone, her friends refuse to tell him where she is. The repeated requests make his longing feel persistent, while the final return to the opening lines leaves the situation unresolved.

“Do your sister’s will” is an unusual phrase here. It may mean to do what the sister wants or asks, but the lyrics do not explain the request, so its exact meaning is unclear. “Satisfy my soul” expresses a deep emotional need, not simply a practical favor. The friends’ “tight” lips is an idiom for keeping silent, suggesting that they know something but will not share it.

The speaker’s words are loving, but they also sound possessive: he says he will never let Lucille go, even though she is married and apparently absent. This creates tension between romantic devotion and disregard for her independence. His claim that he will never “put [her] on” may mean he will not deceive or mistreat her, but the phrase is ambiguous. The lyrics offer his perspective, not Lucille’s, so we cannot know what she wants or why she has disappeared.