[Verse 1]
Oh, I ain't got no mammy now
Oh, I ain't got no mammy now
She told me late last night "You didn't need no mammy nohow"

[Verse 2]
Oh, black snake crawlin' in my room
Oh, black snake crawlin' in my room
Better tell somebody, better come and get this ol' black snake soon

[Verse 3]
Oh, must be the bedbugs, 'cause a chinch couldn't bite me that hard
Oh, must be the bedbugs, hon, a chinch can't bite me that hard
Asked my sugar for 50 cents, and "Leadbelly, there's a child in the yard"

[Verse 4]
Honey, that's all right, that's all right for you
Honey, that's all right, that's all right for you
Darling, that's all right, you know, any ol' way will do

[Interlude]
I walked up to my baby
And I knowed anything she'd done was all right with me
It was okay with me
Yes, anything she done was [?] by me
I walked up to her, and I wanted to know, what's the matter?
[Verse 5]
Mmm, a-honey, what's the matter now?
Mmm, a-honey, what's the matter now?
Darling, tell me, what's the matter? "Don't like no black snake nohow"

[Verse 6]
Well, wonder where that black snake gone
Well, wonder where that black snake gone
That old black snake mama done run my darlin' home

[Verse 1]
Oh, I ain't got no mammy now
Oh, I ain't got no mammy now
Told me late last night "You didn't need no mammy nohow"

[Verse 6]
Mmm, wonder where that black snake gone
Mmm, wonder where that black snake gone
That old black snake mama done run my darlin' home