My baby gone, my baby's gone People, and I will soon be gone myself If I don't get the woman that I'm lovin' I don't love no one else You know the trouble, the trouble that I'm havin' People, I brought it all on myself The trouble that I'm havin' I brought it all, all on myself 'Cause the woman that I'm lovin' She in love with someone else Baby, I promise not to holler But I b'lieve I'll m-m-murmur low An' I promise I wasn't gonna holler But I b'lieve I'll m-m-m-murmur low 'Cause my baby she done left me And she gone with Mr. So, So-and-so I'm gon' leave, leave here walkin' Or chance I may catch a drive I'm gon' leave, gonna leave her walkin' Or chance is I may catch a drive 'Cause my baby gone, and she left me And I just ain't got a bond And I promised that I wasn't gonna holler Then I b'lieve I'll m-m-m-murmur low Because my baby, she gone And she won't be back no more