Cryin', I ain't goin' down that dark road by myself
Now don't you hear me talkin' to you pretty mama, oh ho,
Ain't goin' down that dark road by myself
Cryin', if I don't carry you, carry me somebody else
Cryin', who's that yonder, comin' up the road
Now don't you hear me talkin' to you pretty mama, oh ho,
Who's that yonder, comin' up the road?
Cryin', that look like my faro, but she walk too slow
Cryin', I won't let you do me, do me like you did poor shine
Now don't you hear me talkin' to you pretty mama, oh ho,
I won't let you do me like you did poor shine
Cryin', you taken the poor boy's money, gonna have to kill me, 'fore you take mine
Spoken, before solo: Hey!
Cryin', you gonna have to kill me 'fore you take mine
Cryin', smoke like lightnin', shine like pearls of gold
Now don't you hear me talkin' to you pretty mama, oh ho,
Smoke like lightnin', shine like pearls of gold
Cryin', I wouldn't get in trouble, save nobody's soul
Cryin', a spider, spider climbin' up the wall
Now don't you hear me talkin' to you pretty mama, oh ho,
Spider, spider, climbin' up the wall
Cryin', I asked the spider did he want his ashes hauled
Cryin', I ain't gonna marry, ain't gonna settle down
Now don't you hear me talkin' to you pretty mama, oh ho,
Ain't gonna marry, ain't gonna settle down
Cryin', I'm a-stay right here 'til my mustache drags the ground
Cryin', where was you when the Frisco left the yard
Now don't you hear me talkin' to you pretty mama
Where was you, Frisco left the yard?
Cryin', I was standin' right there, police had me barred