I'm taken down with the fever, and it won't let me sleep

I'm taken down with the fever, and it won't let me sleep

It was about three o'clock, before he would let me be



I wish somebody, would come and drive my fever away

I wish somebody, come and drive my fever away

This fever I'm havin', sho' weaves in my way



The fever I'm havin', sho' is hard on a man

The fever I'm havin', sho' is hard on a man

They don't allow my lover, come and shake my hand



I wonder what's the matter with the fever, sho' is hard on a man

I wanna know what's the matter, how come this fever hard on a man

Doctor said "ain't the fever, that's your lover has another man"



Doctor get your fever gauge, and put it under my tongue

Doctor get your fever gauge, and put it under my tongue

Doctor says "all you need, your lover in your arms"



I wants my lover, come and drive my fever away

I wants my lover, come and drive my fever away

Doctor says she'll do me more good in a day, than he would in all of his days