I'm going to Texas : have to ride the rods

Just show me the train : left out of that Mobile yard

If you see my mama : before I do

Don't tell her faro : what road I'm on

Now the boat's up the river : and she won't come down

I believe to my soul : great God she's water bound

I look to the east : and I look to the west

If she headed to the south : she's Alabama bound

Said one of these mornings : it won't be long

You going to call me : and I'll be gone