version 1

 I'm goin' down that gravel road, take that right hand road

 I'm goin' down that gravel road, take that right hand road

 Lord, I ain't gonna stop walkin' 'till I get in sweet mama's door

 

 Well, that girl I'm lovin' got that great long, curly hair

 Well, that girl I'm lovin' got that great long, curly hair

 Lord, her mama and her papa sure don't 'low1 me there

 

 I got to study some scheme to get my baby to herself

 I got to study some scheme, Lord, to get my baby to herself

 Lord, I love that woman, I don't want nobody else

 

 I looked down that road, baby, just as far as I could see

 I looked down that road just as far as I could see

 There was a bunch of women, Lord, they be followin' me

 

 Well, the brook run into the ocean, the ocean run into that deep, blue sea

 Lord, the brook run into the ocean, the river run into that deep, blue sea

 You ought to seen the women, Lord, they be fishin' after me

 

 

 version 2

 I'm goin' down that gravel road, take that right hand road

 I'm goin' down that gravel road, take that right hand road

 Lord, I ain't gonna stop walkin' 'till I get in sweet mama's door

 

 Well, the girl I'm lovin' she got great long, curly hair

 Well, the girl I'm lovin' she got great long, curly hair

 Lord, her mama and her papa sure don't 'low me there

 

 Lord, I'm going away, baby, don't you want to go

 Lord, I'm going away, baby, don't you want to go

 Lord, I'm going somewhere, where I ain't never been before

 

 Don't look your house lonesome when your dough roller gone

 Don't look your house lonesome when your dough roller gone

 'Cause it gonna kill you, cooking till she comes home

 

 Now run here, baby, set down on my knee

 Now run here, baby, set down on my knee

 I want'a tell you all about the way they treated me