Poor Sweet Baby

"Poor Sweet Baby"
Single by Jean Shepard
from the album Poor Sweet Baby...And Ten More Bill Anderson Songs
B-side	"I'm Not That Good at Goodbye"
Released	September 1974
Recorded	April 1974
Studio	American Studios
Genre	Country[1]
Length	2:59
Label	United Artists
Songwriter(s)	Bill Anderson
Producer(s)	Larry Butler
Jean Shepard singles chronology
"I'll Do Anything It Takes (To Stay with You)" (1974) "Poor Sweet Baby" (1974) "The Tip of My Fingers" (1975)

"Poor Sweet Baby" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Bill Anderson that was originally recorded by American country singer Jean Shepard. Released as a single by United Artists Records in 1974, it reached the top 20 of the US and Canadian country charts in early 1975. It would serve as the title track to Shepard's 1975 studio album Poor Sweet Baby...And Ten More Bill Anderson Songs.