[Verse]
If I mistreat you girl, I sure did not mean no harm
If I mistreat you girl, I sure did not mean no harm
Well, I'm a motherless child, I didn't know right from wrong
Please tell me pretty mama, honey where would you stay last night?
Please tell me pretty mama, honey where would you stay last night?
Well, you did not come home until the sun was shining bright
I had to go so far, girl, to get my ham bones boiled
Had to go so far, girl, to get my ham bones boiled
Well, he's had a lot of women, going to let my ham bones burn
Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever did
Well, I did more for you, girl, than your daddy ever did
Well, I give you my jelly, he hasn't given you none
And when you see two women, always running hand in hand
When you see two women, always running hand in hand
You can bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one's man
Lord, I am going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair
I am going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair
And if the blues overtake me, going to rock away from here