Listen here mama : I'll be good Drink your wine : cut your wood When I had you : you wouldn't do Now I got another : and I don't want you Every evening : half past eight *Hobbling along* : *with my gait* Working in the spring : *sleeping in the sand* Got to get that fifty dollars : that I wish I had You may think : because you're black I'm going to beg you : to take me back I went a‑walking : down the line To see if this woman : changed her mind She turned around : two or three times Take you back : in the wintertime