[tempo increases with each verse]



Roll in my sweet baby's arms

Roll in my sweet baby's arms

I'll lay around this shack

'til the mail tain comes back

An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms



I ain't gonna work on the railroad

(you ain't gonna work at all if you can help it !)

NoI ain't gonna work on the farm

I'll lay around this shack

'til the mail train comes back

An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms



Roll in my sweet baby's arms

Roll in my sweet baby's arms

I'll lay around this shack

'til the mail train comes back

An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms



Tw sings:

My mama was a beauty operator

Sister could sew and could mend

My daddy owned an interest in that old sorghum mill

Just-a watchin' all that money roll in



Roll in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

Roll in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

I'll lay around this shack

'til the mail train comes back

An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms



Roll in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

Roll in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

I'll lay around this shack

'til the mail train comes back

An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms



Roll in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

I'll lay around this shack

'til the mail train comes back

An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms



Roll in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

Roll in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

I'll lay around this shack

'til the mail train comes back

An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms



Fades-

Roll in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

Roll in my sweet baby's arms (roll in my sweet baby's arms)

I'll lay around this shack

'til the mail train comes back

An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms