Now you may be sweet little woman 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