Allmusic.com lists 289 recordings of various songs called COME BACK BABY. Some of the people credited with writing blues songs with that title are: Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, B. B. Arnold, John Lee Hooker, Champion Jack Dupree, Doctor Ross, Floyd Dixon, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ray Charles, and, of course, "traditional." I haven't even begun to compare all those songs to see which ones probably stem from the same root and which ones are totally original.

The song that Dave Van Ronk recorded was credited to Walter Davis. Walter Davis recorded it in 1940.

I got the following verses from listening to sound samples of Walter Davis. They might not be in the right order, and they probably aren't complete.

You know this world wasn't made in one day.
Can't we talk it over just before you go away?
Come back, baby. Can't we talk it over one more time?

Oh, come back, baby. Please don't go.
Now the way I love you, you never know.
Come back, baby. Can't we talk it over one more time?

My heart is full of sorrow. My eyes is full of tears.
Lord, we been together for so many years.
Come back, baby. Can't we talk it over one more time?