Ma old time daddy + 

Came back home last night. + 

His face was pale an’ + 

His eyes didn’t look just right. + 

He says to me I’m + 

Comin’ home to you + 

So sick an’ lonsome + 

I don’t know what to do. + 

O, men treats women + 

Just like a pair o’ shoes. + 

I say treats women + 

Like a pair o’ shoes⁠—, + 

They kicks ’em round an’ + 

Does ’em like they choose. + 

I looked at ma daddy⁠— + 

Lawd! an’ I wanted to cry. + 

He looked so thin.⁠— + 

Lawd! that I wanted to cry. + 

But de devil told me + 

Damn a lover + 

Comes home to die! + 