Baby, how long, baby, how long, gon' be 'fore you bring your clothes back home? Said, well, it won't be no longer if you quit doin' me wrong Hey, red cap porter, did my best woman ever get on board? Said, I don't know the clothes she's had on Just as sure as a bluebird flies in the skies above Sayin', your life's ain't no pleasure lest you're with the one you love Sayin' if I just had wings, then I'd fly just like Norah's dove Then I would h'ist my wings and fly and light on that woman I love Well, I went up on a mountain, taken a peep in that old deep blue sea I's tryin' to find that woman put the jinx on me Baby, now hey, how long, baby, you gonna still do me wrong Baby, how long is you gon' treat me wrong Says, when I woked up this mornin', just about the dawn o' day Some man had my woman and the worried blues had me