All I want in this creation
Pretty little wife on a big plantation

chorus; Oh, my pretty little Black-eyed Susie (2x),br>

Up Onion Creek & down Salt Water
Some old man's going to lose his daughter

All I want to make me happy
Two litttle boys to call me pappy

Black dog, white dog, little black nigger
Good-by, boys going to see the widow

Going back home with a pocketfull o money
Somebody there to call me honey

If I stop & stumble in the water
Some old man's gonna lose his daughter

Who's been here since I been gone
Pretty little girl with a josey on

Up the Oak & down the river
Two overseers & one little nigger

Then we'll go to the Indian Nation
A pretty little wife & a big plantion.

From American Ballads & Folk Songs, J & A Lomax. They didn't say much about the song, only calling it a square dance tune. Barry