INTRO:INSTRUMENTAL ( PLAY OVER THE CHORUS ) CHORUS / INSTRUMENTAL Roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Lay round the shack Till the mail train comes back And roll in my sweet baby's arms VERSE /VOCALS BEGIN I ain't gonna work on the railroad Ain't gonna work on the farm Lay around the shack Till the mail train comes back And roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Lay round the shack Till the mail train comes back And roll in my sweet baby's arms INSTRUMENTAL OVER VERSE AND CHORUS VERSE Now where were you last Friday night While I was lyin' in jail Walking the streets with another man Wouldn't even go my bail CHORUS Roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Lay round the shack Till the mail train comes back And roll in my sweet baby's arms INSTRUMENTAL: PLAY VERSE AND CHORUS VERSE I know your parents don't like me They turn me away from your door Had my life to live over Wouldn't go there any more CHORUS Roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Lay round the shack Till the mail train comes back And roll in my sweet baby's arms INSTRUMENTAL: PLAY CHORUS CHORUS Roll in my sweet baby's arms Roll in my sweet baby's arms Lay round the shack Till the mail train comes back And roll in my sweet baby's arms