Flatt And Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms lyrics

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Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms rollin' in my sweet baby's arms

Lay around the shack till the mail train comes back

I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms

[ fiddle ]

I ain't gonna work on the railroad; I ain't gonna work on the farm

I'll lay around the shack till the mail train comes back

I'm rollin' in my sweet baby's arms

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms...

[ banjo ]

Now where was you last Friday night while I was lyin' in jail

Walkin' the streets with another man you wouldn't even go my bail

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms...

[ fiddle ]

I know your parents don't like me; they drove me away from your door

If I had that time to live over again, I'd never go there no more.

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms...

[ banjo ]

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms...

Gonna lay around the shack 'til the mail train comes back

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms

My Mama was a beauty operator; Sister could sew and spin

Daddy took an interest in that old cotton gin

Just a watchin' all that money roll in.

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