Here's what I hear. Couple of places aren't very clear.Lin
I'M GOING BACK TO JERICHO
I'm goin' back to Jericho, sugar babe,
I'm goin' back to Jericho, sugar babe,
I'm goin' back to Jericho,
and I'm getting married 'fore I go, Sugar babe.
Never seen the like since I been born, sugar babe,
Never seen the like since I been born, sugar babe,
Never seen the like since I been born,
Pickin' up sticks and [???? poppin'] corn, sugar babe.
What you gonna do when the meat comes in, sugar babe?
What you gonna do when the meat comes in, sugar babe?
What you gonna do when the meat comes in,
Sit up in the corner with a greasy chin, sugar babe.
What you gonna do when the weather gets cold, sugar babe?
What you gonna do when the weather gets cold, sugar babe?
What you gonna do when the weather gets cold,
Do like a ground hog, hunt me a hole, sugar babe.
I'm goin' back to Jericho, sugar babe,
I'm goin' back to Jericho, sugar babe,
I'm goin' back to Jericho,
and I'm [????? getting married] 'fore I go, Sugar babe.
(Trad. arr. and adapt. G. Carlton-. Watson/Smithsonian Folkways Pub., BMI)
(Tune appears to be "Froggy Went A'Courting")