Arkansas

Arkansas - Henry Thomas

Oh Roberta round "pack your trunk and go"

Yes he came back home last night

My wife said "Honey I'm done with beans

I'm gonna pass for cream "

Oh my little honey don't you make me go

I'll get a job if you allow me sure

I'll crapshoot yes I will shine

Good little baby just let me work

When you buy chicken all I want is the bone

When you buy beer be satisfied with foam

I'll work both night and day

I'll be careful what I say

Honey What please let me bring my clothes

Back home

Down the track this morning she did stroll

Well a accident her foot got caught in a hole

I'm going to tell you the truth

A natural that poor man

Nice girl (but) dresses turn that railroad track

Is round

I'm going to buy 'em all

Cigarettes and chewing tobacco that I can

A natural rover that a heavy poor man

I am a rambling gambling man I've gambled

In many town

I've rambled this wide world over I rambled

This wide world around

I had my ups and downs through life and bitter

Times I saw

But I never knew what misery was till I left

Old Arkansas

I started out one morning to meet the early

Train

He said "You better work with me I have some

Land to drain

I'll give you fifty cents a day your washing board

And all

And if you'll be a different man for the sake of

Old Arkansas

I worked six months for the rascal Joe Heron

Was his name

He fed me on corn dodger it was hard as any

Rung

My tooth's all got loosened and my the wronged

That was the kind of hash I got for the state

Of old Arkansas

Travelling man I've traveled all around this world

Travelling man I've traveled from land to land

Travelling man I've traveled all around this world

Well it ain't no use riding on through cause

I've traveled this land