Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee Any old place I hang my hat is home sweet home to me I went to the depot and looked up on the board I went to the depot and looked up on the board It says it's good times here but it's better on down the road [ fiddle ] I'll eat my breakfast here get my dinner in New Orleans I'll eat my breakfast here get my dinner in New Orleans I'm gonna get me a mama Lord I ain't never seen Where was you mama when the train left the shed Where was you mama when the train left the shed Standing in my front door wishing you've gone I was dead