Arkansas - Henry Thomas

Oh Roberta round, «pack your trunk and go»

Yes, he came back home last night

My wife said «Honey, I’m done with beans

I’m gonna pass for cream.»

Oh my little honey, don’t you make me go

I’ll get a job if you allow me sure

I’ll crapshoot yes I will shine

Good little baby, just let me work

When you buy chicken, all I want is the bone

When you buy beer, be satisfied with foam

I’ll work both night and day

I’ll be careful what I say

Honey (What?) please, let me bring my clothes back home

Down the track this mornin' she did stroll

Well a accident, her foot got caught in a hole

I’m goin' to tell you the truth

A natural that poor man

Nice girl (but) dresses turn that railroad track is round

I’m going to buy 'em all

Cigarettes and chewing tobacco that I can

A natural rover that a' heavy poor man

I am a ramblin' gamblin' man, I’ve gambled in many town

I’ve rambled this wide world over, I rambled this wide world around

I had my ups and downs through life and bitter times I saw

But I never knew what misery was till I left old Arkansas

I started out one morning to meet the early train

He said, «You better work with me, I have some land to drain

I’ll give you fifty cents a day, your washing, board and all

And if you’ll be a different man for the sake of old Arkansas

I worked six months for the rascal, Joe Heron was his name

He fed me on corn dodger, it was hard as any rung

My tooth’s all got loosened, And my/the (***************)

That was the kind of hash I got for the state of old Arkansas

Travellin' man, I’ve traveled all around this world

Travellin' man, I’ve traveled from land to land

Travellin' man, I’ve traveled all around this world

Well it t’ain’t no use ridin' on through 'cause I’ve traveled this land