Some old rounder come along
Took my sugar baby and gone
No, I ain't got no sugar baby now
No, I ain't got no sugar baby now

I did all I can do
To make my peace with you
I'll send you on back to your mama
I'll send you back home real soon

I took all the love I made
And I laid her in the shade
No, I ain't got no sugar baby now
No, I ain't got no sugar baby now

And I ain't got no use
For your red rocking chair
No, I ain't got no sugar baby now
No, I ain't got no sugar baby now

It's who will call you honey?
And it's who will sing this song?
And it's who's gonna rock the cradle?
Who's gonna rock the cradle when I'm gone?