There's an entry of this song in The Traditional Ballad Index: Back to Jericho.

Back to Jericho

DESCRIPTION: Reworked floating verses in white-blues form: "I'm going back to Jericho, sugar babe (x3)"; "Never seen the likes since I've been born...." "Old Aunt Jemima going through the sticks...." "What you gonna do when the meat gives out...." Etc.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (recording, Dock Walsh)
KEYWORDS: humorous nonballad floatingverses
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation): Cohen/Seeger/Wood, pp. 170-171, "Back to Mexico" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Crawdad" (words, pattern, tune)
Notes: Jericho is a town in South Carolina. The singer is probably referring to that Jericho, not the one in the Bible. - PJS
Walsh's original recording was entitled "Back to Jericho," so I have chosen that title. Cohen/Seeger/Wood's title is changed, for unstated reasons. - PJS
I was tempted to classify this as a version of "Crawdad," since that is the source for so many of the verses. I'm still not sure about the matter. Does anyone know any other versions of this song? - RBW
File: CSW170
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BACK TO MEXICO
(New Lost City Ramblers, from Carolina Tar Heels, Vi 23611)

I'm a-going back to Mexico, sugar babe (3)
I'm a-getting married before I go, sugar babe.

Old Aunt Jemima going through the sticks, sugar babe, (3)
Puffing and a-blowing like a Hudson six, sugar babe.

Never seen the likes since I been born, sugar babe, (3)
Picking up sticks and parching corn, sugar babe.

What you going to do when the meat gives out, sugar babe? (3)
Sit in the corner with your mouth poked out, sugar babe.

I'm going back to Jericho, sugar babe (3)
I'm going to marry before I go, sugar babe.

What you going to do when the meat comes in, sugar babe? (3)
Sit on the corner with a greasy chin, sugar babe.

Repeat fifth verse.

(From The New Lost City Ramblers Song Book, Oak, 1964, pp. 186-187)

~Masato