Way down in the Fort Worth jailhouse
Feeling kind of low
Nobody cares about me
'Cause I ain't got no dough
Well, the number five so black and shiny
Hauled me off to jail
And my good gal said, "So long daddy
'Cause I can not go your bail"
Well they put me in a cell so dreary
They turned them lights down low
And fed me beans and hard tight cornbread
They said they'd never let me go
Well three more days and I'll be goin'
Down that weary road so long
Looking for my blue-eyed baby
Although I know she's done me wrong
Now all you ramblin' boys take warning
Don't go near that big cowtown
And never trust a stockyard baby
'Cause she will always let you down