I'd rather be in Richmond in all the heat and rain Then to be in Georgia, boys, a-wearing that ball and chain Won't get drunk no more Won't get drunk no more Won't get drunk no more Way down the old plank road Donie, oh dear Donie, what makes you treat me so Caused me to wear the ball and chain and now my ankle's sore… Gonna build me a cabin on some mountain high So I can see the pretty girls as they go riding by… Now Knoxville is a pretty thing, Memphis is a beauty If you want to see them pretty girls, now hop to Chattanoogie… Well, my wife died on Friday night, Saturday she was buried Sunday was my courting day and Monday I got married…