Now you may be sweet little woman   As the apple on a tree   Don't want no woman to lay up   And depend on me      You got to help me some   Yes, you've got to help me some   Don't care what I do   Babe, you've got to help me some      Now if I'm the Pullman porter, girl   You've got to be the maid   So when every Saturday come   We both can get paid      So you can help me some   Yes, I want you to help me some   I don't care what I do   Babe, you've got to help me some      Now when I go to bed little girl   And lay up beside-a you   Now if I shake the cover   Please try to shake it too      So you can help me some   Yes, I want you to help me some   And I don't care what I do   Babe, you've got to help me some      Help me some little girl, help me some   Now don't stand there and look at me like that   C'mon and help me some   Now that's better, yes, yes, yes, yes      Now there's no such thing as man and wife   Now-a-day   We're just called partners   So you can knock yourself a slave      So you can help me some   Yes, I want you to help me some   I don't care what I do   Babe, you've got to help me some