The girl I love, she got long black wavy hair, I do declare
The girl I love, yeah, she got long black wavy hair, oh yeah
Her mother and her father, lord
They sure don't, sure don't allow me there

Well, I'm going back to my baby, lord
I swear I wouldn't lie, yeah
I never saw that sweet woman in
A five long years gone by, yeah

Well, I'm going ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-home, I'm going home
'Cause she's a sweet little darling
I said I been away, a far too long
I been away too long

Well, my baby when
She shakes just like a willow tree
Yes, she does
My baby, when she walks, you know

She shakes like a willow tree, yeah
Ah, that mean, mistreating baby
She know she
Hop, hops all over me