Didn’t Leave Nobody But The Baby

Traditional

Key of A · Chords: I V

Verse 1

   A            E      A
Go to sleep you little baby
   A            E      A
Go to sleep you little baby
     A
Your momma’s gone away and your daddy’s gone to stay
             E              A
Didn’t leave nobody but the baby

Verse 2

   A            E      A
Go to sleep you little baby
   A            E      A
Go to sleep you little baby
            A
Everybody’s gone in the cotton and the corn
             E              A
Didn’t leave nobody but the baby

Verse 3

       A       E      A
You’re a sweet little baby
       A       E      A
You’re a sweet little baby
      A
Honey in the rock and the sugar don’t stop
              E             A
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby

Verse 4

      A        E      A
Don’t you weep pretty baby
      A        E      A
Don’t you weep pretty baby
      A
She’s long gone with the red shoes on
      A    E             A
Gonna meet another lovin baby

Verse 5

   A            E      A
Go to sleep you little baby
   A            E      A
Go to sleep you little baby
        A
You and me and the devil makes three
              E           A
Don’t need no other lovin baby

Verse 6

   A            E      A
Go to sleep you little baby
   A            E      A
Go to sleep you little baby
         A
Come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones
          E          A
And be my ever lovin baby