Cottonfield Blues - Henry Thomas

I’m going to Texas: have to ride the rods

Just show me the train: left out of that Mobile yard

If you see my mama: before I do

Don’t tell her faro: what road I’m on

Now the boat’s up the river: and she won’t come down

I believe to my soul: great God she’s water bound

I look to the east: and I look to the west

If she headed to the south: she’s Alabama bound

Said one of these mornings: it won’t be long

You going to call me: and I’ll be gone