Hey poor mama, what say you? What say you this day? Hey poor mama, where's your baby? Lost and gone away She went walking no goodbye's She went wandering astray Hey poor mama, what say you? What say you today? Cold black devil, left us crying Left us crying in shame No such heaven, heaven gone now Can't go on this way Listen to me, listen good Oh, you listen good Find a good man, strong and able Am I understood?
Hey poor mama, what say you? What say you this day? Hey poor mama, where's your baby? Lost and gone away Dig for silver, dig for gold Dig for diamonds too All that digging, you'll get old It will bury you I'll walk for, 14 miles I'll walk for, 14 miles I'll walk for, 14 miles I'll walk for, 14 miles I'll run for, 14 miles I'll run for, 14 miles I'll run for, 14 miles I'll run for, 14 miles, yeah running