I'm a going to leave this country
I'm a going around this world
I'm a going to leave this country
For the sake of one little girl

Well she told me that she loved me
And it give my poor heart ease
When she's got her backed turned on me
She's courting whoever she please

Well I lost my money in gambling
And I lost my name you see
I am nobody's darling
And nobody cares for me
Dont you hear my banjo ringing
Dont you hear this mournful sound
Dont you hear those pretty girls stomping (?)
Sadly on the cold cold ground

I'll hang my head in sorrow
I'll hang my head and cry
I'll hang my head in sorrow
As my darling passes by

Well I aint going to work tomorrow
And I may not work next day
I aint going to work tomorrow
For it be a wet rainy day