Now, I done tol' you once, now baby
Now, don't have to tell you no mo'
(Take your time now, play it right
for you over in Chicago)
I done tol' you
I don't wanna tell you no mo'
(Tell me what?)
You can get all a-my lovin'
If you let that black man go
(Play that boss man!)
(Yas, yeah)
(Yeah!)
(Yeah!)
Umm-mmm-mm, mmm-mmm-mmmm
Now, my mama tol' me
An my papa start in cryin'
My mama tol' me
And my papa he startin' cry
(What he said?)
Said, 'Son, you're too young a-man
To have them many womens yourself'
I looked at my mama an papa, now
Now, an I never cracked a smile
(Yes, yes, yes, yes!)
Looked at my mama an papa
An I never cracked a smile
(What about it?)
I said,'The little woman I got kill me
Mama, Lord, I don't mind dyin'
Dee-da, be-ba, ba-ba-ba,