Everybody just keep a-talkin' 'bout the low-down dirty things that I do Everybody just keep a-talkin' 'bout the low-down dirty things that I do Of course, if you treat me dirty, baby, you know I'm surely gon' treat you dirty, too Yes, you can love me or can leave me, just 'most any old thing you want to do You can love me or you can leave me, 'most any old thing you want to do You know, so many strange thing now happenin', baby, you know, somethin' could happen to you You know, I'm motherless and I'm, and I'm fatherless, and I'm sister and I'm brotherless, too You know, I'm motherless and I'm fatherless, sister and I am brotherless, too That's the reason I been beggin' and pleadin' so hard, baby, to try to get along wit' you Yes, and I sit up all the last night, and I sit up all the night before You know, I sit up all the last night, all the night night before I was drinkin' a lot of old bad whiskey But I declare that I won't take another drink, never no more, never no more, never no