Baby here I am : down on my bended knees
Ask you to take me back and forgive me : do that for me 
if you please
Now when you hear me howling mama : I mean howling at 
your door
Come on and give me what I want mama : then you won't 
hear me howl no more
Ever since you quit me mama : I ain't wanted nobody else
For I'd rather be with nobody : than I'd rather be 
howling by myself
Now I done howled and howled : until I [wore, made] my 
tonsils sore
And when I howl this time mama : I never will howl no 
more
Now here I am in Chicago : doing the best I can
If I hear from my baby : I'll act the fool and go howling 
back south again
Mmm : mama listen at me howl
Watch the roads dark as night mama : and you liable to 
see me prowl