Well, when you get home, little baby Please write me a few more lines Well, when you get home, little baby Please write me a few more lines It'll be a big consolation To my worryin' mind Left my little baby Standin' 'round the back door cryin' Well, I left my little baby Lord, I musn't, she was Standin' 'round the back door cryin' Never felt so lonesome Till she said goodbye