It's early in the mornin', 'bout the break of day
My head on the pillow where my mama used to lay
Soon this mornin', 'bout the break of day
Gonna get my pretty baby and make my getaway
I love my pretty baby, tell this world I do
I hope some day she'll come to love me too
Soon this mornin', 'bout the break of day
Gonna get my pretty baby and make my getaway
My mama told me when I was a lad
"Barrelhouse people gonna be your ruin at last."
Soon this mornin', 'bout the break of day
Gonna get my pretty baby and make my getaway
Soon in the mornin', 'bout the break of day
Head on the pillow where my mama used to lay
Soon this mornin', 'bout the break of day
Gonna get my pretty baby and make my getaway
Look-a-here, baby, tell me what you're tryin' to do
Make me k** you, swear I don't want to
Soon this mornin', 'bout the break of day
Gonna get my pretty baby and make my getaway
Now, it's me and my partner, there's two or three more
Gon' follow you most any place you go
Soon this mornin', 'bout the break of day
Gonna get my pretty baby and make my getaway