I'm so lonesome lonesome : I don't know what to do
If you don't have no good woman : you'd be lonesome too

Lord I'm going up the country : baby and I can't carry you
Because I got one up there : and I can't see how you all would do

I wished I had a‑listened : what my baby sister said
Said stay home brother : please don't stray away

Oh my mama told me : when I first left her door
Said be careful in your traveling son : you got to reap just what you sow