I've been down to Mississippi down through New Orleans yes I have

I've played in California there's not much that I haven't seen no there's not

I'm a ramblin' man don't fool around with a ramblin' man

I left a girl in West Virginia up where the green grass grows yes I did

I got a girl in Cincinnati a waitin' where the Ohio River flows poor girl

I'm a ramblin' man don't give your heart to a ramblin' man

You'd better move away you're standing too close to the flame

Once I mess with your mind your little heart won't be the same

I'm a ramblin' man don't mess around with any old ramblin' man

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Well up in Chicago I was known as quite a boy yes I was

Yeah down in Alabama they call me the man of joy haha bad boy

Well I'm a ramblin' man don't fall in love with a ramblin' man

You'd better move away...

Yes I'm a ramblin' man don't mess around with any old ramblin' man