[Verse 1]

If she don’t pick up on the first ring

If she don’t pick up on the first ring

She don’t pick up on the very first ring

I'm-a take it as a sign

That it don’t mean a thing

If she don’t pick up on the first ring

I’m-a leave that girl alone

[Verse 2]

She might be busy in the garden

She might be busy in the garden

She might be busy

And can't hear the phone

Through the whistle of the wind

And the mourning dove moan

If she don’t pick up on the first ring

I’m-a leave that girl alone

[Verse 3]

I can see her hair in that French braid (Yes I can)

I can see her hair in that French braid

French braid hair

Keep it up out the way

While she’s working in the garden

Where she can't hear the phone

If she don’t pick up on the first ring

I’m-a leave that girl alone

[Verse 4]

She take her hair down when she love me (Yes she does)

She take her hair down when she loves me

Gilded gold clip

Keep the French braid back

While she’s working in the garden

Where she can’t hear the phone

If she don’t pick up on the first ring

I’m-a leave that girl alone

If she don’t pick up on the first ring

I’m-a leave that girl alone

[Verse 5]

If she don't pick up

If she don't pick up

She don't pick up

Oh Lord

If she don’t pick up on the first ring

I’m-a leave that girl alone