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 ( fiddle ) I ain't gonna work on the railroad I ain't gonna work on the farm I'll lay around the shack till the mail train comes back I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms... ( banjo ) 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... ( fiddle ) I know your parent don't like me they drove me away from your door And my life's too bluer never to wearing more Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms... ( banjo ) Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms...