Oh, listen, si

            
ster, I love m

       
y Mister man; 
           
I can't tell y

       
o' why 
             
Dere ain't no 

            
reason why I s

              
hould love dat

   
 man 
            
It must be sum

         
pin' dat  de a

            
ngels done pla

n 
             
De chimhley's 

          
smokin', de ro

           
of is leakin' 

  
in, 
           
But he don't s

         
eem to care; 
             
He can be happ

            
y with jes' a 

          
sip of gin. 
            
I even loves h

           
im when his ki

                    
sses got gin.

 
Melody: 
           
Fish got to sw

          
im and birds g

          
ot to fly, 
          
I got to love 

             
one man till I

  
 die, 
        
Can't help lov

            
in' dat man of

            
  mine. 
           
Tell me he's l

          
azy, tell me h

        
e's slow, 
           
Tell me I'm cr

            
azy maybe, I k

     
now. 
        
Can't help lov

            
in' dat man of

              
  mine. 


Bridge: 
           
When he goes a

          
way, dat's a r

       
ainy day, 
             
And when he co

          
mes back, dat 

          
day is fine, t

         
he sun will sh

 
ine. 
           
He can come ho

           
me as late as 

     
can be; 
            
Home without h

            
im ain't no ho

       
me to me 
        
Can't help lov

            
in' dat man of

          
  mine.