Have you ever took a trip, babe on the Mobile line
Hey lordy mama mama, hey lordy papa papa
Hollerin' 'bout the Mobile line
Let the train to ride to ease your worried mind
I received a letter babe, this is the way it read
Hey lordy mama mama, hey lordy papa papa
Hollerin' 'bout the way it read
Come home, come home, the man you love is dead
Well I packed my suitcase babe, bundled up my clothes
Hey lordy mama mama, hey lordy papa papa
Hollerin' 'bout the bundle my clothes
When I got there you were lying on the coolin' board
Well they took my baby honey to that burying ground
Hey lordy mama mama, hey lordy papa papa
Hollerin' 'bout the burying ground
You oughta heard me holler when they lowered him down
Well the two black horses standing on the burying ground
Hey lordy mama mama, hey lordy papa papa
Hollerin' about the burying ground
Turned around and the horses run on down
Well when you die, Lordy better stop by France
Hey lordy mama mama, hey lordy papa papa
Hollerin' 'bout a stop by France
Better stop by France just to give those women a chance
Honey when I die, don't bury moma at all
Hey lordy mama mama, hey lordy papa papa
Hollerin' 'bout bury me at all
Just pickle mama's bones, baby in alkay hol
Hey when I die, put mama's picture in a frame
Hey lordy mama mama, hey lordy papa papa
Hollerin' 'bout the picture in a frame
So when I'm gone you can see mama just the same
Well hello heaven, mama want to use your telephone
Hey lordy mama mama, hey lordy papa papa
Hollerin' 'bout your telephone
So when I'm gone talk to mama when I'm gone