Take me out of this bottom, 'fore the high water rise
Take me out of this bottom, people, before the high 
water rise
You know I ain't no Christian man and I don't want to 
be baptized
I went to church this morning, and they called on me to 
pray
I went to church this morning, Lord, they called on me 
to pray
I fell down on my knees and forgot just what to say
I cried, "Lord, my Father, Lord, our kingdom come"
"Lord, my Father, Father, Lord, our kingdom come"
"If you got any womens in Heaven, will you please, sir, 
save me one?"

Dear God, I never been to Heaven, but a black man sure 
been told
Lord, I never been to Heaven, black man sure been told
They got women up there, they got their mouths crammed 
full of gold
I want to build me a Heaven, Lord, a kingdom of my own
Build me a Heaven, Lord, a kingdom of my own
So all these brownskin women can cluster around my 
throne
You know a married woman, married woman, is the best 
woman ever been born
I say a married woman is the best woman ever born
Only trouble I have, tryin' to keep my woman at home