As the apple on a tree
 Don't want no woman to lay up
 And depend on me

 You got to help me some
 Yes, you've got to help me some
 Don't care what I do
 Babe you've got to help me some

 Now if I'm the Pullman porter, girl
 You've got to be the maid
 So when every Saturday come
 We both can get paid

 So you can help me some
 Yes, I want you to help me some
 I don't care what I do
 Babe, you've got to help me some

 Now when I go to bed little girl
 And lay up beside-a you
 Now if I shake the cover
 Please try to shake it too

 So you can help me some
 Yes, I want you to help me some
 And I don't care what I do
 Babe you've got to help me some

 Help me some little girl, help me some!
 Now don't stand there and look at me like that,
 C'mon and help me some!
 Now that's better, yes, yes, yes, yes

 Now there's no such thing as man and wife
 Now-a-day
 We're just called partners
 So you can knock yourself a slave

 So you can help me some
 Yes, I want you to help me some
 I don't care what I do
 Babe, you've got to help me some