Classic Poem

Cryin'
I ain't goin' down the
dark road by myself
Now don't you
hear me talking' to you, pretty mama
Oh-ho, ain't goin' down the
dark road by myself
Cryin' if I don't carry you
carry somebody else

Cryin'
who that yonder
comin'
up the road
Now don't you
hear me talkin' to you, pretty mama
Oh-ho, who that yonder
baby , up the road
Cryin' it look like my faro
but she walk too slow

Cryin'
I won't let you do me do me
like you
did poor Shine
Now don't you
hear me talkin' to you, pretty mama
Oh-ho, I won't let you do me
like you did poor Shine
Cryin' you taken the poor boy's money
gonna have to kill me
'fore you take mine

(Yeah)

Cryin' you're gonna have to kill me
'fore you take mine

Cryin'
smokestack lightnin'
shine like
faro gold
Now don't you
hear me talkin' to you, pretty mama
Oh-ho, smokestack lightnin'
shine like faro gold
Cryin' I wouldn't get in trouble
see no body saw

Cryin'
I spied a spider
climbin'
up the wall
Now don't you
hear me talkin' to you, pretty mama
Oh-ho, spied a spider
climbin' up the wall
Cryin' I asked the spider did he
want his ashes hauled

Cryin'
I ain't gonna marry
ain't gonna
settle down
Now don't you
hear me talkin' to you, pretty mama
Oh-ho, ain't gonna marry
ain't gonna settle down
Cryin' I'm gonna stay right here till my
moustache dragged the ground

Cryin'
where was you
when the
'Frisco left the yard
Now don't you
hear me talkin' to you, pretty mama
Where was you
'Frisco left the yard
Cryin' I was standin' right there
po-lice had me barred