Yes on me, it's poor me, you must take pity on poor me 
I ain't got nobody, take pity on poor me 
You may go, you may stay, but she'll come back some sweet 
day 
By and by, sweet mama, by and by 
Don't the moon look pretty shinin' down through the tree? 
Oh, I can see 
Bertha Lee 
, Lord, but she can't see me 
You may go, you may stay, but she'll come back some sweet 
day 
By and by, sweet mama, baby won't you, by and by 
You may go, you may stay, but she'll come back some sweet 
day 
By and by, sweet mama, by and by 
Yes on me, it's poor me, you must have pity on poor me 
I ain't got nobody, take pity on poor me 
Don't the moon look pretty shinin' down through the tree? 
Oh, I can see Bertha Lee, but she can't see me 
You may go, you may stay, but she'll come back some sweet 
day 
By and by, sweet mama, oh baby, won't you, by and by