i roll in my sweet baby s arms i roll in my sweet baby s arms i lay around the shack till the mail train comes back and i roll in my sweet baby s well i ain t gonna work on no railroad baby ain t gonna work on no farm i m gonna lay around the shack till the mail train comes back and i m rollin in my sweet baby s arms i roll in my sweet baby s arms roll in my sweet baby s arms i come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back and i m rollin in my sweet baby s arms my mama was a beauty operator sister could sew and could spin my daddy owned an interest in that new cotton just a watchin all that money rollin in i roll in my sweet baby s arms roll in my sweet baby s arms i come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back and i m rollin in my sweet baby s arms oh i know that your parents they don t like me they roll me away from your door help me find my life to live over and i never go there no more i roll in my sweet baby s arms roll in my sweet baby s arms i come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back and i m rollin in my sweet baby s arms well now where were you last saturday night baby while i was lyin around down in jail walking with another man he wouldn t even go my bail so now i roll in my sweet baby s arms roll in my sweet baby s arms i come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back and i m rollin in my sweet baby s arms i roll in my sweet baby s arms roll in my sweet baby s arms i come lay around the shack till the mail train comes back and i m rollin in my sweet baby rollin in my sweet baby rollin in my sweet babys arms