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Hand me down my walking cane,
Hand me down my walking cane,
Hand me down my walking cane,
I'm going to leave on the morning train,
(or midnight train)
my sins they have overtaken me.
(or my sins are taken away, taken away).
(or my sins have all been taken away.)
I got high, got thrown in jail, (3x)
had nobody for to go my bail,
my sins they have overtaken me.
Oh the beans was tough and the meat was fat ...
oh good God I couldn't eat that ...
Come on mama and go my bail ...
get me out of this Nashville jail ...
If I die in Tennessee ...
ship me back by C.O.D. ...
Hand me down my bottle of corn ...
I'm gonna get drunk as sure as you're born ...
Oh hell is deep and hell is wide ...
ain't got no bottom, ain't got no side ...
Yonder comes a man across the field ...
kickin' up dust like an automobile ...
If I had listened what mama said ...
I'd be sleeping in a feather bed ...
Hand me down my rockin' chair...
I'm gonna rock on outta here...
This song goes on and on and on ....
This song goes on and on and on ....
And on and on and on and on ....