Classic Poem

What you gonna do
when they send your man to war
What you gonna do — send your man to war
What you gonna do when they send your man to war
I'm gonna drink muddy water, gonna sleep in a hollow log

I ain't got
no body
I'm all here by myself
Got no body, all here by myself
Got no body, all here by myself
Oh these women don't care, but the men don't need me here

Well I'm going
to the river
gonna walk it up and down
Going to the river, walk it up and down
Going to the river, walk it up and down
If I don't find Corinna , I'm gonna jump overboard and drown

If I could shine
my light
like a headlight on some train
If I could shine like a headlight on some train
If I could shine like a headlight on some train
I would shine my light, and call a real train

Well they tell me
that southbound
train had a wreck last night
Lord that southbound: train had a wreck last night
Lord that southbound: train had a wreck last night
Listen here, section foreman, they ain't treating your railroad right

Well the gal
I love
and the one I crave to see
Woman I love, one I crave to see
Woman I love, and the one I crave to see
Well she's living in Memphis, and the fool won't write to me

I said,
Little woman
what have I said and done?
Hey, mama, what I said and done?
Hey, mama, what have I said and done?
You treat me like my trouble has just begun