My baby's gone, three long weeks today
My baby's gone, three long weeks today
I'm sorry I wasn't at home, mama, here's what my babe had to say
When I went back, home vacant, stood in my back kitchen door
When I went back home, stood in my back kitchen door
I just wanted to see my mama, I wouldn't see my babe any more
Then I went out, mama, honey, I begin to pray and mourn
I went out, pretty mama, baby and I begin to pray and mourn
I wants the good Lord, Lord, send me my babe back home
Mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm
Mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm
Lord, Lord, send me my babe back home
Once I heard her knockin' on my back kitchen door
Once I heard her knockin' on my back kitchen door
It's knockin' like my sweet mama, boy, she's been here before
SOLO (Spoken: Lord, Lord!)
Babe, honey, what am I to do?
Baby, what am your daddy to do?
Don't you want your sweet man, mama, honey, lie down and die for you?
But I feel so sad, baby, honey, and I'm lonesome, too
Baby, I feel so sad, mama, Lord, I was lonesome, too
Ain't nothin' in this world, boys, Lord, for your black man to do