Just like a rattlesnake I say mama lordy in the middle of his coil

I say I'm just like a rattlesnake baby : I say in the 
middle of his coil
I ain't going to have no hard time : mama rolling through 
this world
When I leave here mama : I'm going further down the road
So if I meet him up there : I'm going back to the Gulf of 
Mexico
I'm going to shake glad hands mama : I say Lord with your 
loving boy

Fixing to eat my supper : in Shelby Illinois
Vicksburg on a high hill : and Louisiana Lord it's just 
below

If I get back there : I ain't going to never be bad no 
more
And my baby's got a heart : like a piece of railroad 
steel

If I leave here this morning : never say daddy how do you 
feel