| Won’t you come home, Bill Bailey? | 
| Come on home | 
| She moans the whole day long | 
| I’ll do the cookin', honey | 
| I’ll pay the rent | 
| I know I done you wrong | 
| Yes indeedy | 
| Remember that rainy evening | 
| I put you out with nothin' | 
| Nothin' but a fine tooth comb | 
| Yes I did | 
| You see, I know I’m to blame | 
| It’s a low down dirty shame | 
| Bill Bailey, won’t you please come on home? | 
| I wonder won’t you come home, Bill Bailey? | 
| Brother William, you come on home | 
| This woman moans and groans | 
| I’m tellin' you, moanin' and groanin' the whole day long | 
| She says I’ll give you lovin', Daddy | 
| I’m gonna make you content | 
| Because I know it, yes I do | 
| I know I done you wrong | 
| Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah | 
| Do you remember that rainy evening | 
| I put you out and I gave you nothing | 
| Not a thing, nothing but a fine tooth comb | 
| You see I know I’m to blame | 
| And it’s a lowdown, rotten, and a dirty, dirty shame | 
| Bill Bailey, won’t you please | 
| You know I think I oughta tell me one more time | 
| I said, won’t you come home, Bill Bailey? | 
| William, you come on home | 
| This woman moans and groans | 
| I’m tellin' you, moanin' and groanin' the whole day long | 
| She says, I’ll do my dishes, Daddy | 
| Please don’t bug me ‘bout the rent | 
| Because I know it, yes I do, I know I done you wrong | 
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah | 
| Do you remember that rainy evening | 
| I put you out and I gave you nothing, not a thing | 
| Nothing but a fine tooth comb | 
| You see I know I’m to blame | 
| And it’s a lowdown, rotten, and a dirty, dirty shame | 
| Bill Bailey, won’t you please come on home? | 
| Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah | 
| Bill Bailey, won’t you please come on home? |