The girl I love, she got long black wavy hair

I do declare, the girl I love, yeah

She got long black wavy hair

Yeah, her mother and her father, lordy

They sure don't, sure don't allow me there

Well I, I'm goin' back to my baby, Lord I

I swear, I wouldn't lie, yeah

I never saw that sweet woman yeah

A five long years gone by, yeah

Well, I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home

'Cause she's a sweet little darlin'

I said, "I been away, far too long"

I been away too long

Take it Jimmy

Well, my baby when

She shakes just like a willow tree

Yes, she does

My baby, when she walks, ya know

She shakes like a willow tree, yeah

That mean, mistreatin' baby, she know

She hop, hops all over me, ooh

Yeah, alright