Build a Whitewash Station two miles from Glory So the jug band will have a chance Build a Whitewash Station two miles from Glory So the jug band will have a chance Well you can toot your whistle, blow your horn The Memphis Jug Band done been here and gone Build a Whitewash Station two miles from Glory So the jug band will have a chance, I say The jug band will have a chance If you wanna get to heaven I'll tell you what to do You put on a sock, put on a shoe You place a bottle of corn in your right hand That'll crash you right over in the Promised Land And if you meet the devil, he asks you how ya do I'm on my way to heaven, don't you wanna go too You know there's a place that'll do just as well
Called Whitewash Station, 10 miles from hell Build a Whitewash Station two miles from Glory So the jug band will have a chance Build a Whitewash Station two miles from Glory So the jug band will have a chance Lord, mama, what's on your mind You keep me worried ‘bout it all the time Build a Whitewash Station two miles from Glory So the jug band will have a chance, I say The jug band will have a chance Ain't got no stockings, ain't got no shoes You know I've got the Memphis Jug Band Blues Build a Whitewash Station two miles from Glory So the jug band will have a chance I say The jug band will have a chance So the jug band will have a chance