Lawd, Lawd, she keep on worryin’ me,
Lawd, captain, she keep on worryin’ me.
Lawd, she cry all night long,
Lawd, Lawd, she cry all night long.
Mama, the mo’ I pet her, Lawd,
The mo’ I pet her the mo’ she cries.
Lawd, I gonna give her mouf full o’ fist
An’, Lawd, she won’t cry no mo’.
Captain, captain, I don’t bother nobody,
Works every day as bes’ I can.