(spoken: It was the first'un I learnt)

Sugar babe, I'm tired of you

Ain't your honey but the way you do

Sugar babe, it's all over now

All I want my babe to do

Make five dollars and give me two

Sugar babe, it's all over now

Went downtown and bought me a rope

Whupped my baby till she Buzzard Lope1

Sugar babe, it's all over now

Sugar babe, what's the matter with you?

You don't treat me like you used to do

Sugar babe, it's all over now

Went to town and bought me a line

Whupped my baby till she changed her mind

Sugar babe, sugar babe, it's all over now

Sugar babe, I'm tired of you

Ain't your honey but the way you do

Sugar babe, it's all over now