(John Estes, adapted by Ry Cooder) 



I'm going to Brownsville, take that right hand road 

Well, I'm going to Brownsville, take that right hand road 

And I ain't gonna stop walking till I get in sweet mama's door 



The girl I'm loving she's got great long curly hair 

The girl I'm loving she's got great long curly hair 

And her mama and her papa well, they sure don't allow me there 



If you catch my jumper (?), babe, hanging upside your wall 

Well, if you catch my jumper (?), babe, hanging upside your wall 

Well, you know by that I need my ashes hauled 



I'm going to Brownsville, take that right hand road 

I'm going to Brownsville, take that right hand road 

And I ain't gonna stop walking till I get in sweet mama's door