That weepin' willow and that mournin' dove
 I got a gal up the country, Lord, you know I sure do love

 Now, if you see my woman, tell her I says hurry home
 (spoken: Aw, sho')
 You see my woman, tell her I says hurry home
 I ain't had no lovin' since my gal been gone

 Where it 'tain't no love, ain't no gettin' along
 Where it ain't no love, mama, ain't no gettin' along
 My gal treat me so mean and dirty, sometime I don't know right from wrong

 Lord, I lied down last night, tried to take my rest
 I lied down last night, tried to take my rest
 (spoken: What happened, boy?)
 You know, my mind got to ramblin' just like wild geese in the west

 Gonna buy me a bulldog1, watch whilst I sleep
 Gonna buy me a bulldog, watch whilst I sleep
 Just to keep these men from makin' this early mornin' creep

 Now, if you see my woman, tell her I says hurry home
 You see my woman, tell her I says hurry home
 I ain't had no lovin' since my gal been gone

 You gonna want my love, baby, some lonesome day
 (spoken: Yeah!)
 You gonna want my love, mama, some old lonesome day
 Then it be too late, I'll be gone too far away