From: Howard W. Odum and Guy B. Johnson, The Negro and His Songs (1925; Negro Universities Press, 1968, pp. 194-195; without music):

KELLY'S LOVE

Love, Kelly's love,
Love, Kelly's love,
Love, Kelly's love.
You broke de heart o' many a girl,
You never break dis heart o' mine.

When I wo' my aprons low,
When I wo' my aprons low,
When I wo' my aprons low,
Couldn't keep you from mo do'.

Now I weahs my aprons high,
Sca'cely ever see you passin' by.

Now I weahs my aprons to my chin,
You pass my do' but can't come in.

See what Kelly's love have done.
See what Kelly's love have done.

If I had listened to what my mamma said,
I would a been at home in mamma's bed.