I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Lay around the shack till the mail train comes back
I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms

I ain't gonna work on the railroad I ain't gonna work on the farm
As a matter of fact, honey I ain't gonna work at all
Got me a woman working in the boss man's yard
I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms…

My mama was a beauty operator
Sister could sew and could spin
Papa owned an interest in that new cotton ...
Just-a watchin' all that money rollin' in
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms…

Now where was you last Friday night while I was lyin' in jail
Walkin' the streets with another man you wouldn't even go my bail
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms...