This morning I listened to a compilation album of Waylon Jennings. I was surprised to find that "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" turned out to be the same song as Little Richard's "Lucille."
I compared Jennings' version with Little Richard's, just to make sure, and I noticed that some of the lyrics are different. Jennings' version has lines like, "Lucille, you won't do your daddy's will" and "There ain't nothing to you, but I love you still," where Little Richard's has "Lucille, you won't do your sister's will" and "You ran off and married, but I love you still." Jennings' alliteration ("Lucille, you won't do your daddy's will") is more concentrated and easier to find than Little Richard's ("Lucille, you won't do your sister's will").
In the "I woke up this morning" sections, Jennings' version changes the lyrics in the repetition. So the first time, the line is "I asked my friends about her, but all their lips were tied," and the second time, it's "I asked her friends about her" (emphasis added). Jenning's speaker/singer is concerned to the point that he not only asks his own friends, but he asks Lucille's too. In Little Richard's version, the line is the same both times.
I think Jennings' version has more lyrical complexity, but Little Richard's has a great rock 'n' roll energy (and he also co-wrote the song with Al Collins, which certainly counts for something), so I don't think one is better than the other.
